The crew of four comprises two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the UAE.
SpaceX launched a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Thursday, the company’s sixth operational mission for NASA's Commercial Crew program, after a technical issue had prevented a launch earlier in the week.... [+]SpaceX’s Falcon rocket launched the four astronauts onboard its reusable Dragon 2 spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center around 30 minutes past midnight E.T.
The Crew-6 mission is carrying two NASA astronauts, Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev and Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi. Al-Neyadi is only the second person from the UAE to take part in a space mission after Hazza Al Mansouri and he is also the first Arab astronaut set for an extended stay onboard the ISS.The four astronauts will take over from the members of the Crew-5 mission who are currently onboard the ISS and are set to fly back to Earth later this month.
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