ISS - Expedition 68 Mission patch.
March 3, 2023
NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, have arrived at the International Space Station.
Image above: The four SpaceX Crew-6 members joined the seven Expedition 68 crew members aboard the space station expanding its population to 11. Image Credit: NASA TV.
Crew-6 joins the Expedition 68 crew of NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, and Josh Cassada, as well as Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, and Anna Kikina.
SpaceX Crew-6 hatch opening
The crew members first opened the hatch between the space station and the pressurized mating adapter at 3:45 a.m. EST then opened the hatch to Dragon.
Related articles:
SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Docks to Station’s Harmony Module
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/03/spacex-crew-6-mission-docks-to-stations.html
Crew-6 Aboard Endeavour Spacecraft Reaches Orbit, on way to ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/03/crew-6-aboard-endeavour-spacecraft.html
Related links:
Expedition 68: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition68/index.html
Commercial Crew: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.
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