Rounding out the crew was Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, who also wore a big smile as she left the capsule.Įach of the four astronauts was helped on to a stretcher after existing the Dragon and wheeled away for a medical check, a standard practice for returning crews of long-duration space missions. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata was the next to leave, and was all smiles as he was pulled from the capsule. He was followed quickly by NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, commander of the Crew-5 mission.
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You can read our full wrap of SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut splashdown now.Ĭrew-5 pilot Josh Cassada of NASA was the first to exit the capsule. See full coverage of SpaceX's Crew-6 mission at the International Space Station here.Ĭrew-6 Launch video| Launch photos | SpaceX | Crew Dragon | Falcon 9Īll four astronauts have been helped out of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance, marking an end to the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The Crew-6 mission is on the International Space Station right now and is made up of: the first United Arab Emirates astronaut to perform a long-duration mission (Sultan Al-Neyadi), NASA astronauts Warren "Woody" Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and Andrey Fedyaev of Russian space agency Roscosmos. On board a SpaceX Crew Dragon are NASA's Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, as well as Japan's Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina. The Crew-5 mission is departing the ISS no earlier than Saturday (March 11), 2023 for a targeted splashdown later that evening. Above is live mission audio from the Crew-6 flight to the station. SpaceX has launched astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and returned them to Earth for NASA since 2020. The company's current astronaut missions for NASA are Crew-6, which launched on Maand Crew-5, which launched on Oct.
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