In weightlessness. The four astronauts of the Crew-6 crew entered the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour space capsule arrived at the orbital station at 7:40 a.m. French time, NASA said in a statement.

American astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi entered the station about two hours later. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the space capsule lifted off for the station on Thursday, with the launch canceled minutes before liftoff earlier in the week.


All aboard the orbiting laboratory! The four members of our @SpaceX #Crew6 mission have entered the @space_station and were greeted at their welcoming ceremony. Next: a safety briefing and orientation, then the new arrivals are off to catch some sleep. pic.twitter.com/wegjRG0qjs

— NASA (@NASA) March 3, 2023

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More than 200 experiences in six months

The crew will spend six months aboard the ISS, where they will perform more than 200 science and technology experiments, according to SpaceX. This mission is the first in space for Neyadi, Hoburg and Fedyaev. At 41, Sultan al-Neyadi is the fourth astronaut from an Arab country and the second Emirati to travel to space.

Andrey Fedyaev is the second Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a SpaceX rocket to the ISS. NASA astronauts regularly visit the ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft as part of an exchange program maintained, despite tensions between Washington and Moscow.

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