A brand new SpaceX crewed mission is about to take flight.
Crew-6 will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Feb. 26. The 4 astronauts will journey to the orbital lab aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket and dock with the ISS lower than a day later.
Onboard is the primary United Arab Emirates astronaut to carry out a long-duration mission (Sultan Al-Neyadi), NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and Andrey Fedyaev of Russian space company Roscosmos.
This is how one can observe the most recent information for the mission on-line or join a digital launch expertise accessible from wherever on the planet with good Web.
Associated: SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts gear up for Feb. 26 launch to space station
Feb. 17 onwards: NASA Crew-6 digital actions
Feb. 17 and following: Registration is open now for NASA Crew-6 digital actions. “The digital visitor program for this launch consists of curated launch sources, well timed mission updates, and a digital visitor passport stamp following a profitable launch,” NASA says (opens in new tab). You will get more details here (opens in new tab).
TBD: NASA’s press conferences
NASA historically holds a number of press conferences earlier than launch, however the timing of these has not been introduced but.
Within the week earlier than launch on Feb. 26 there’ll doubtless be a science-focused press convention, in addition to a mission preview press convention with an up to date climate forecast. We’ll add these particulars as they develop into out there.
Feb. 25: Launch protection begins
Feb. 25, 10:30 p.m. EST (0330 GMT Feb. 26): The launch broadcast will start on NASA TV and can be out there right here at House.com as effectively. Protection is on the market on the company’s website (opens in new tab) and social media channels as effectively, resembling YouTube (opens in new tab), Twitter (opens in new tab), Facebook (opens in new tab), LinkedIn (opens in new tab), Twitch (opens in new tab), Daily Motion (opens in new tab) and NASA’s App (opens in new tab).
Feb. 26: Launch
Feb. 26, 2:07 a.m. EST (0707 GMT): Crew-6 will launch from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 4 astronauts will journey into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This launch time is topic to climate and technical elements and will change.
Feb. 26, TBD: NASA will doubtless maintain a press convention shortly after the launch. The timing of the press convention has not but been introduced and is topic as to whether the launch went on time and goes effectively.
Feb. 27: Docking
Feb. 27, at roughly 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT): The Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft will dock with the space-facing port of the ISS Concord module. NASA has not introduced precise timing, nor after they plan to hold stay protection of the occasion. We’ll add that info right here when out there.
Feb. 27 TBD: The crew will open the hatches to the ISS and do a short arrival ceremony with the Expedition 69 crew in entrance of the digicam. NASA has not introduced precise timing, nor after they plan to hold stay protection of the occasion. We’ll add that info right here when out there.
Elizabeth Howell is the co-author of “Why Am I Taller (opens in new tab)?” (ECW Press, 2022; with Canadian astronaut Dave Williams), a guide about space medication. Observe her on Twitter @howellspace (opens in new tab). Observe us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or Facebook (opens in new tab).
