SpaceX Crew-6
2023 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SpaceX Crew-6 was the sixth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the ninth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 2 March 2023 at 05:34:14 UTC, and it successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on 3 March 2023 at 06:40 UTC. The Crew-6 mission transported four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Two NASA astronauts, a United Arab Emirates astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut were assigned to the mission. The two NASA astronauts are Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg.[4] The cosmonaut, Andrey Fedyaev, was reassigned from Soyuz MS-23. Sultan Al Neyadi was the commander of the United Arab Emirates' mission on the flight.
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Names | USCV-6 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2023-027A |
SATCAT no. | 55740 |
Mission duration | 185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | Andrey Fedyaev |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 March 2023, 05:34:14 UTC[1][2][3] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1078.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV Megan |
Landing date | 4 September 2023, 04:17 UTC |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 3 March 2023, 06:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 6 May 2023, 11:23 UTC |
Time docked | 64 days, 4 hours and 43 minutes |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | 6 May 2023, 12:01 UTC |
Undocking date | 3 September 2023, 11:05 UTC |
Time docked | 119 days, 23 hours and 4 minutes |
SpaceX Crew-6 mission patch (L-R) Al Neyadi, Hoburg, Bowen and Fedyaev |
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