The crew of four comprises two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the UAE.
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SpaceX launched a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Thursday, the company’s sixth operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, after a technical issue had prevented a launch earlier in the week.Key Facts
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket launched the four astronauts onboard its reusable Dragon 2 spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center around 30 minutes past midnight E.T.
The Crew-6 mission is carrying two NASA astronauts, Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev and Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi.
