SpaceX and NASA's Crew-6 mission has successfully launched to the ISS. The Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
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Meet the crew members
The four-membered crew includes two NASA astronauts, Warren Hoburg and Stephen Bowen; Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi.
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Space experiments
The crew will conduct several experiments ranging from heart tissue-related studies to investigations on combustion systems. They will also collect microbial samples outside the ISS.
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Aborted launch attempt
The previous launch attempt on February 27 was aborted due to a ground systems issue. A problem arose with the chemical that would ignite the rocket's engine.
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Members
Currently aboard the ISS areseven astronauts, includingNicole Aunapu Mann, Josh Cassada, Francisco Rubio, Anna Kikina, Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and Koichi Wakata.