Manned spacecraft Crew Dragon “Endeavour” arrives at ISS Mr. Wakata will return after March 9 | sorae Portal site to space

[18:11 on March 3, 2023]On March 3, 2023, Japan time, Crew Dragon with four people on board the NASA manned space flight mission “Crew-6” The spacecraft Endeavor has arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS). The four will stay on the ISS for about six months until autumn 2023.

As previously reported, Crew Dragon “Endeavor” will be launched at 14:34 on March 2, 2023 (Japan time, unless otherwise specified) from Kennedy Space Center 39A launch pad in Florida, USA by “Falcon 9” rocket. was given. Endeavor, which took about a day to orbit the earth and raised its altitude, succeeded in docking above the “Harmony” module in front of the ISS at 15:40 on March 3, 2023 Japan time. Originally, docking was scheduled for around 15:17 on the same day, but according to NASA, it was necessary to deal with a sensor failure on the docking hook of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, so the docking was delayed by about 20 minutes. It was a success.

Endeavor includes NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Roscosmos’ Andrei. – Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev was on board. The opening of the hatch that separates the spacecraft from the inside of the ISS began at 17:45 on the same day, about two hours after docking, and four people boarded the ISS. I met up with 7 people staying on the ISS, including Roscosmos astronaut Sergey Prokopiev, who is currently the commander (captain) of the ISS.

[▲ A total of 11 astronauts, including 4 Crew-6s who joined the ISS and 7 long-term stays (Credit: NASA TV)]

Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other four crew members of the “Crew-5” mission, who are currently staying on the ISS, will replace the four Crew-6 crew members who have arrived at the ISS. I will return to According to JAXA, Crew Dragon “Endurance” carrying astronaut Wakata and others is scheduled to leave the ISS after March 9, 2023.

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• Image Credit: NASA TV
• NASA – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission (NASA Blogs)
• JAXA – International Space Station Long-Term Stay Crew ISS departure date of Crew Dragon spacecraft (Crew-5) with Astronaut Koichi Wakata

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