SpaceX crew-5 mission launches for ISS carrying NASA astronauts, Russian cosmonaut
CA, 06 Oct 2022
Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese space veteran and a Russian female cosmonaut launched Wednesday on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The mission, designated Crew-5, marks the fifth full-fledged ISS crew NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX vehicle since the private rocket venture founded by Tesla owner Elon Musk began sending U.S. astronauts aloft in May 2020.
The Crew-5 mission is also notable for the inclusion of Anna Kikina, 38, the lone female cosmonaut on active duty with the Russian space agency Roscosmos, making a rare flight aboard an American spacecraft despite heightened U.S.-Russian tensions over the war in Ukraine.
The mission, designated Crew-5, marks the fifth full-fledged ISS crew NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX vehicle since the private rocket venture founded by Tesla owner Elon Musk began sending U.S. astronauts aloft in May 2020.
The Crew-5 mission is also notable for the inclusion of Anna Kikina, 38, the lone female cosmonaut on active duty with the Russian space agency Roscosmos, making a rare flight aboard an American spacecraft despite heightened U.S.-Russian tensions over the war in Ukraine.
