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*Now Home on Earth, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 to Discuss Space, Science*
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft, named Endeavour, after splashing down off the coast of
Jacksonville, Florida, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey
Fedyaev, left, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, second from left, NASA astronaut
Stephen Bowen, second from right, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut
Sultan Alneyadi, right, returned to Earth after nearly six-months in space as
part of Expedition 69 aboard the International Space Station.
*/Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky/*
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission will discuss their six-month
science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news
conference at 2:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the agency’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston.
The event will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app [1], and the
agency’s website. Watch online at:
https://www.nasa.gov/live [2]
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen [3] and Woody Hoburg [4] and UAE (United Arab
Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi will speak about their mission for the
first time following their return to Earth. Fellow crew member Roscosmos
cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev is unable to participate in the news conference due
to travel.
To participate virtually, media must contact the newsroom at NASA Johnson no
later than two hours before the start of the event by calling 281-483-5111 or
into the news conference by 2:05 p.m. the day of the event. Questions also
may be submitted on social media using #AskNASA.
Crew-6 returned to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashing down
at 12:17 a.m., Sept. 4, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, and flew back
to Houston shortly afterward.
The four crewmates traveled 78,875,292 statute miles during 2,976 orbits
around the Earth and approximately 186 days in orbit. It was the first
spaceflight for Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev, and the fourth for Bowen.
During the mission, Bowen and Hoburg completed two spacewalks, and Alneyadi
became the first UAE astronaut to conduct a spacewalk. With 10 spacewalks
throughout his missions, Bowen ties the record for most excursions by a U.S.
astronaut, also held by four others. He ranks third on the all-time list for
cumulative hours of spacewalking.
While aboard the station, Crew-6 contributed to hundreds of experiments and
technology demonstrations, including conducting a student robotic challenge
[6], studying plant genetic adaptations [7] to space, and monitoring human
health in microgravity to prepare for exploration beyond low Earth orbit and
to benefit life on Earth. The crew released Saskatchewan’s first satellite
[8], which tests a new radiation detection and protection system [9] derived
from Melanin that’s found in many organisms including humans.
Crew-6 spent about a week with the newly arrived crew of NASA’s SpaceX
Crew-7 mission that docked to the station Aug. 27, handing over ongoing
tasks, and introducing two first-time explorers to the orbital outpost. Both
missions are part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
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