![]() This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Spacewalk Preps Continue as Soyuz Seat Move Planned as Precaution". ^ Expedition 68 NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Leaders Discuss Mission - Jan."Uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 "rescue" mission arrives at ISS". Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via Twitter. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. "A big update on the incident with #SoyuzMS22 appeared on the Roscosmos website: t.co/cJGMOhh9Xr. ^ Pavlushchenko, Katya (19 December 2022)."Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts". "JAXA has announced their WAKATA Koichi is headed for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's…" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^ "NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions" (Press release).^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Splash Down Near Florida Coast, Safe on Earth"."SpaceX, ULA postpone launches as Hurricane Ian moves toward Florida". ^ a b Clark, Stephen (28 September 2022).^ a b "Roscosmos head hinted yesterday that crossover flights to #ISS, including launch of Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina on the US Crew Dragon, would proceed as scheduled".Īs MS-23 arrived at the space station on 26 February, Rubio’s seat liner was transferred to the new Soyuz on 6 March and the seat liners for Prokopyev and Petelin were moved from MS-22 to MS-23 on 2 March, ahead of their return in the Soyuz. The SpaceX Crew-6 space capsule is designed to bring back crew serving as an emergency evacuation option after Crew-5. The change allowed for increased crew protection by reducing the heat load inside the MS-22 spacecraft for cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin in the event of an emergency return to Earth. Seat liners have been swapped between two Soyuz, but this was the first time for Soyuz to Crew Dragon. The seat liner was moved on 17 January 2023, with installation and configuration continuing the following day. ![]() The International Space Station mission management team decided to move NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio's Soyuz seat liner from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft to Dragon Endurance, to provide lifeboat capabilities in the event Rubio needed to return to Earth because of an emergency evacuation from the space station. SpaceX originally designed Crew Dragon to host a crew of seven at a time. ![]() Until the replacement MS-23 docked to ISS, SpaceX Crew-5 was considered among the options to return the MS-22 crew, in case of emergency. It was therefore replaced with Soyuz MS-23, launched uncrewed on 24 February 2023. Backup for Soyuz MS-22 Crew Return Ī micro-meteorite punctured a 0.8 mm diameter (0.031 in) hole in the radiator of Soyuz MS-22, raising doubts over its safety. The fifth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) launched on 5 October 2022 and returned to Earth on 11 March 2023. The seat exchange was approved in June 2022 (by the Russians only). spacecraft since Nikolai Budarin flew on STS-113 and also first launch of a Russian cosmonaut on a U.S. This was the first time a Russian cosmonaut flew on a U.S. This ensures both countries have a presence on the station, and the ability to maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period. ![]() This mission was the first Crew Dragon mission to fly a Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina who was selected in July 2022 for this mission as a part of the Soyuz- Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. For three of the four crew members, this was their first space flight, while Wakata was a veteran of four previous space flights. Anna Kikina was reassigned from Soyuz MS-22. Commander Nicole Mann was reassigned to the flight from Boeing's Boe-CFT mission, while Pilot Josh Cassada and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata transferred from Boeing Starliner-1. Three of the crew members were assigned following delays to Boeing's Starliner program. Two NASA astronauts, one JAXA astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut are participating in the mission. The mission launched on 5 October 2022 and transported four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docking there on 6 October 2022 at 21:01 UTC. SpaceX Crew-5 was the fifth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight.
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