The Stars My Destination: Crew-6 Launch

The Space Age
In the wee hours of this morning, 2 March 2023, Spacecraft Commander Stephen Bowen (N.A.S.A.), Pilot Woody Hoburg (N.A.S.A.), Mission Specialist 1 Sultan Al Neyadi (Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre [United Arab Emirates]), & Mission Specialist 2 Andrey Fedyaev (Roscosmos) lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour (Dragon C206) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The quartet are expected to dock with the International Space Station shortly in the wee hours of tomorrow, 3 March, to begin their six-month mission to the orbital laboratory.

Bowen is a veteran of three previous spaceflights (STS-126, STS-132, & STS-133, making him the only astronaut to fly consecutive Space Shuttle missions), while Hoburg, Al Neyadi, & Fedyaev are rookies.

Crew-6 is the fourth flight of the Endeavour.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-6 & the Endeavour
Dressy Bessy, "Baby Six String" from Dressy Bessy (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
2020
Demo-2 Launch & Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch, Crew-1 Relocation, & Crew-1 Splashdown
2021
Crew-2 Launch & Crew-2 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch & Crew-3 Splashdown
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch & Crew-4 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch
2023
Crew-6 Scrub

Godspeed, Crew-6!