A successful start! SpaceX CreW-5 launches into space
By Volcany
Overview
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station
The crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station noon EDT Wednesday, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew will serve as the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.[1]
SpaceX Crew-5
SpaceX Crew-5 Logo
SpaceX Crew-5[2] is the fifth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 5 October 2022 and is transporting four crew members to the International Space Station ( ISS ).
Detail
SpaceX Crew-5 Official Crew Portrait – Anna Kikina, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata
Two NASA astronauts, one astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut are participating in the mission. Three of the crew members were assigned following delays to Boeing’s Starliner program.
Commander Nicole Mann was reassigned to the flight from Boeing’s Boe-CFT mission, while Pilot Josh Cassada and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata transferred from Boeing Starliner-1.[6][7] Anna Kikina was reassigned from Soyuz MS-22. Three of the four crew members are making their first space flight while Wakata is a veteran of four previous space flights.
Crew-5 will spend several months aboard the space station conducting new scientific research[3] in areas, such as cardiovascular health, bioprinting, and fluid behavior in microgravity to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth.
References:
[1]NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Launches to International Space Station | NASA
[3]NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Space Station Science Highlights | NASA
