SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon ship towards the ISS

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.

The crew consisted of four people: two NASA astronauts, one Russian cosmonaut and the second cosmonaut of the Arab world.

The NASA astronauts of the Crew-6 mission are Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg.

The third member of the crew was the second astronaut of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Alneyadi.

The fourth member of the Crew Dragon crew was Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who became the second Russian cosmonaut to fly on the ship.

This is the third flight under the renewed cross-flight program between NASA and Roscosmos.

The launch of Crew-6 took place yesterday night by a Falcon 9 rocket that took off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

The docking with the ISS is scheduled for the morning of March 3.

Crew-6 was SpaceX's ninth manned spaceflight and took place on its second attempt.

The first attempt was scheduled for 27 February but was delayed.

Elon Musk’s company informed that it was delayed by problems with the supply of the TEA-TEB pyrophoric fluid needed to ignite the engines due to a clogged valve.

This late flight also experienced a small problem with one of the 36 nose cone opening sensors after the ship entered orbit.

The sensor signaled that one of the cones did not open, however everything was nominal.

Sources:

• Spacenews.com: https://spacenews.com/crew-6-launches-to-space-station/
• Space.com: https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-6-dragon-docking-space-station
• NASA: https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-6/2023/03/02/crew-6-reports-trajectory-nominal/

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