Expedition 68 Space Station Crew Training | NASA's Johnson Space Center
Russian Cosmonauts, Japanese & American Astronauts Train Together in Houston, Texas
Expedition 68 Crew: Frank Rubio (USA), Josh Cassada (USA), Koichi Wakata (Japan), Nicole Mann (USA), Anna Kikina (Russia), Dmitri Petelin (Russia), Sergey Prokopyev (Russia)
Credit: NASA/James Blair
Image Date: May 13, 2022
Image Date: May 13, 2022
Image Date: May 13, 2022
Anna Kikina in SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina sits in a mockup of the spacecraft that will take NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. This will be a different experience from flying in the Soyuz. Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will be the first Russian to travel aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft (and from U.S. soil).
Image Date: June 27, 2022
Expedition 68 crewmembers train for emergency scenarios in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston before their International Space Station mission.
NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada are going to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 29, 2022 alongside their crewmates, Koichi Wakata of JAXA, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos.
Astronaut Josh Cassada Official NASA Biography
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/josh-a-cassada
Astronaut Nicole Mann Official NASA Biography
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nicole-a-mann
Astronaut Koichi Wakata Official JAXA Biography
https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/wakata-koichi/
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina Roscosmos Info
Anna Yuryevna Kikina (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Кикина, born August 27, 1984, in Novosibirsk) is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. She is the only woman cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos. [Wikipedia]
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Release Date: July 26, 2022
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