SpaceX Launches Crew-6 Mission to the International Space Station: Live Updates
Mission Highlights
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-6 mission successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - The Crew-6 mission consists of four astronauts: NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. - The astronauts will spend six months aboard the International Space Station, conducting scientific research and experiments.
Live Updates
- [Live Video Feed of the Launch](https://www.spacex.com/live) - [NASA's Mission Control Blog](https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/) - [Twitter Updates from SpaceX](https://twitter.com/SpaceX)
Mission Timeline
- **Launch:** February 27, 2023, 1:45 AM EST - **Docking with ISS:** February 28, 2023, 1:10 AM EST - **Return to Earth:** September 2023
Additional Information
- The Crew-6 mission is the fourth operational crewed flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. - The mission will mark the first spaceflight for Sultan Al Neyadi, making him the second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates to travel to space. - The Crew-6 astronauts will conduct a variety of scientific experiments during their stay on the ISS, including studies on human health, materials science, and Earth observation.
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