The Science of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Mission | International Space Station

The Science of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Mission | International Space Station

After launching to the International Space Station on March 2, 2023, NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission is wrapping up its time in orbit, with a return to Earth in early September 2023. 

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia spent their months on the orbiting lab conducting scientific investigations and technology demonstrations, including running a student robotic challenge, studying plant genetic adaptations to space, and monitoring human health in microgravity to prepare for exploration beyond low Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth. 

The astronauts also released Saskatchewan's first satellite, which tests a new radiation detection and protection system derived from melanin.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3OOOR3l

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.

Credit: NASA 

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 29, 2023

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