The latest mission would mark the fourth crew NASA has flown to the space station with SpaceX in 17 months, building on a public-private partnership with the rocket company formed in by Musk, founder of electric maker Tesla Inc TSLA. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
Sign up. Crew Dragon's ability to jettison a crew to safety if something goes wrong is one of the reasons the space agency says it is among the safest spacecraft ever flown. Such an emergency exit has never had to be carried out by SpaceX, but having that option — and ensuring a recovery could be smoothly executed — is one of the reasons the space agency says Crew Dragon is among the safest spacecraft ever flown.
The flight was then delayed further by a "medical issue involving one of the Crew-3 astronauts," according to NASA. The issue was not a medical emergency nor was it Covid-related, the space agency said, though it declined to give further details. Meet the Crew-3 astronauts. Kayla Barron, who has a a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Cambridge, was selected as a NASA astronaut in and comes directly from a field of work that involves extreme living conditions and long bouts of isolation: submarines.
Barron became one of the first women ever to serve on a Navy submarine back in Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at p.
Raja Chari also joined NASA's astronaut corps in as one of its newest inductees, and marks his first flight to space. He has a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School, which has a long history of providing a pipeline to the astronaut corps.
Barron added that taking a trip to the ISS is "the best possible training for us" to prepare for an eventual lunar mission, "in terms of personal development and the opportunity to learn from experienced people. It's also the first time in space for Germany's Matthias Maurer of the ESA, who'll have the opportunity to conduct a spacewalk and activate a new robotic arm, which was recently transported to the space station aboard a Russian spacecraft.
Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees Michael E. Melroy and Scott Kelly. Be sure to save the date for this historic launch and upcoming launch viewing opportunities from the visitor complex! This launch is Boeing's next step toward sending humans to the International Space Station.
Images shown may not represent current operational and safety guidelines. Originally founded in , Space. See all comments It will be exciting! The Exoplanets Channel said:. I have been watching space launches since and I still find them exciting.
I wish to see days when base set up on the moon. New here so I can get the world to see if they can do something.
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