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Crew-6 Flight Crew Touches Down in Florida – Commercial Crew Program [1]

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Date: 2023-02-21

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 flight crew has reported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to start final preparations for their mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev arrived at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility at approximately 12:20 p.m. today, Feb. 21, after departing Ellington Field near the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Coming up shortly is a brief media event with the crew, which will be broadcast live on NASA TV and the agency’s website. In attendance will be:

Kelvin Manning, deputy director, Kennedy

Dana Hutcherson, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program

Salem AlMarri, director general, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre

NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen

NASA astronaut Warren Hoburg

UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi

Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev

The international crew will fly aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, which previously flew NASA’s Crew-1, Inspiration4, and Axiom Mission-1 astronauts. Liftoff is targeted for 2:07 a.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 26 – from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2023/02/21/crew-6-flight-crew-touches-down-in-florida/

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