Monday, October 17, 2022

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Checks Out Dragon Spacecraft Prelaunch

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Checks Out Dragon Spacecraft Prelaunch

Crew-6 Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi (UAE)
Crew-6 Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev (Russia)
Crew-6 Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg (NASA)
Crew-6 Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg (NASA)
Crew-6 Commander Stephen Bowen (NASA)
Crew-6 Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi (UAE)
Crew-6 Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev (Russia)
Crew-6 Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg (NASA)

The four crew members of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station are Mission Specialist Sultan Al Nedayi (UAE), Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev (Russia), Pilot William Hoburg, and Commander Stephen Bowen.

Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (United Arab Emirates) will make history by being the first astronaut from the Arab world to spend six months on the International Space Station (ISS). AlNeyadi has undergone a 20-month long rigorous training for the Crew-6 mission. AlNeyadi began his training in September 2018, at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City in Moscow, Russia.

Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (Russia)
Andrey Valerievich Fediaev (Russian Cyrillic: Андрей Валерьевич Федяев; born February 26, 1981) is a Russian cosmonaut. Fediaev received his an engineering degree in air transport and Air Traffic Control from the Balashov Military Aviation School in 2004. Following graduation, Fediaev joined the Russian Air Force in the 317th mixed aviation segment. He obtained the rank of major before his retirement in 2013. He logged over 500 hours in Russian aircraft.

Fediaev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2012. He reported to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 2012 and was named a test cosmonaut on June 16, 2014.
On July 15, 2022, he was assigned to the SpaceX Crew-6 mission after a recent crew swap agreement between NASA and Roscosmos.


NASA Astronaut William Hoburg's Official Biography:

NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen's Official Biography:

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Image Dates: September 25 & 27, 2022

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