NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission launched four humans towards the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and John Cassada, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina blasted off into space on Wednesday at 9:30 pm IST, for a six-month mission at the orbital laboratory.
They were launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
We’re on our way to space!#Crew5 lifted off from @NASAKennedy at noon ET (1600 UTC) and is headed to the @Space_Station for six months of scientific discovery. pic.twitter.com/p2AvbIzo9V
— NASA (@NASA) October 5, 2022
Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the ISS, and the sixth flight of Dragon spacecraft with people as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Overview of Crew-5 mission
Once Crew-5 reaches orbit, the crew and SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, will guide the passengers to the forward end of the orbital outpost’s Harmony module. Endurance will be in the position to rendezvous and dock with the space station after its orbit is raised through manoeuvres. While the spacecraft is designed to dock autonomously, the crew can take control and pilot manually, if need be.
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