The crew will remain on the International Space Station for approximately six months, during which time they will perform more than 200 microgravity science experiments and maintenance tasks.

The mission Crew-6 Since Nasa took off early this Thursday from Cape Canaveral (United States) towards the international space station (IED), aboard a nave dragon of SpaceX.

At 12:34 p.m. local time, a Falcon 9 rocket with the dragon effort at dawn, took off from platform 39A of the Kennedy Space Center for about eight minutes later to separate and continue the journey under their own power at over 28,000 kilometers per hour.

On board the Endeavour, which with Crew-6 is completing its fourth mission, they Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, of the American agency NASA, respectively commander and pilot of the mission, and the specialists Sultan Alneyadiof the space agency United Arab Emiratesthere Andrey Fedyaevfrom Russian Roscosmos.

On board Endeavour, which is completing its fourth mission with Crew-6, are Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, of the American agency NASA, respectively commander and pilot of the mission, and specialists Sultan Alneyadi, of the space agency of the United Arab Emirates. Emirates, and Andrey Fedyaev from Russia’s Roscosmos. (Reuters)

As usual, less than ten minutes after takeoff, the reusable part of Falcon 9 is successfully returned to the platform “Just read the instructions” SpaceX located in the Atlantic.

“It was a great trip,” he enthused. Hobourg to mission controllers, while Alneyadiafter a few words in Arabic, points out that this mission is the beginning of an interesting era.

The private company ship is expected to arrive at international space station and moor in the Harmony module. Then they will be received by the members of the expedition 68 from the orbital laboratory.

At 12:34 p.m. local time, a Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Endeavor atop lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's platform 39A about eight minutes later to separate and continue the journey on its own at over 28,000 kilometers per hour. (Reuters)
At 12:34 p.m. local time, a Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Endeavor atop lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s platform 39A about eight minutes later to separate and continue the journey on its own at over 28,000 kilometers per hour. (Reuters)

After the mission lifted off, the Deputy Director of the Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manninghighlighted in statements to the NASA television which when launched this Thursday is a good reflection of what the alliance between government, private industry and international partners can accomplish.

“And we’re just getting started,” said the manager, who alluded to the 90 launches planned this year from Cape Canaveralamong which stood out the one who will send the CFT test mission to the ISS, the first manned mission of the ship Starliner the Boeing.

The private company's spacecraft is expected to arrive at the International Space Station and dock in the Harmony module. Later, they will be received by members of Expedition 68 from the orbital laboratory. (Reuters)
The private company’s spacecraft is expected to arrive at the International Space Station and dock in the Harmony module. Later, they will be received by members of Expedition 68 from the orbital laboratory. (Reuters)

There Crew-6 finally he was able to take off after two postponements due to technical reasons.

The launch was originally scheduled for last Sunday but was pushed back to Monday for additional thermal analysis of the panels outside the capsule, as well as a review of some helium containers in the rocket Falcon 9.

However, last Monday, less than three minutes after takeoff, it had to be aborted due to a problem suddenly detected in the triethylaluminum triethylboron flux (TEA-TEB) used to start the engines of the first stage of the rocket.

There Nasa there SpaceX They determined that a floor filter in the system for the passage of the TEA-TEB was clogged and replaced it, purged the piping with nitrogen and verified that the entire system was clean and ready for the new launch attempt.

In the international space station Crew-6’s crew will stay for about six months, during which they will perform more than 200 microgravity science experiments and maintenance tasks.

Some of the experiments commissioned have to do with the combustion in “microgravity”and the effects of spaceflight on the immune system and human organs.

The Crew-6 crew will remain on the International Space Station for approximately six months, during which time they will perform more than 200 microgravity science experiments and maintenance tasks. (Reuters)
The Crew-6 crew will remain on the International Space Station for approximately six months, during which time they will perform more than 200 microgravity science experiments and maintenance tasks. (Reuters)

To study the effects manned missions can have in space, astronauts will venture outside the ISS to collect samples from the station’s vents.

The goal is to see if the ISS releases microorganisms into space and, if so, how many and how far they might travel.

The results of this particular experiment could modify the design of future space missions and astronaut suits to limit potential contamination.

Crew-6, like NASA’s other Space X missions, will pave the way “for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and to improve life on Earth.according to NASA spokespersons.

The US space agency plans to send a manned mission to the Moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis program.

(With information from EFE)

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