The astronauts who will travel to orbit on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission next month are now very familar with their ride to space. In fact, crew members are now ready for their flight to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission, following a successful crew equipment interface
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rendering. Credit: SpaceXCrew-5 mission next month are now very familar with their ride to space. In fact, crew members are now ready for their flight to the
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; and mission specialists Koichi Wakata, of, and cosmonaut Anna Kikina of Roscosmos will lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. They will be carried atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and launched from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Currently, liftoff is targeted for no earlier than October 3. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-5 marks the sixth human spaceflight mission on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft.
CEIT allows crew members to become acquainted with the launch-day timeline and experience the Dragon interior in a close-to-flight configuration. As part of the thorough testing regimen, astronauts don their flight suits, perform a suited ingress into the vehicle, conduct suit leak checks, and complete communication checkouts.
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