NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Training in Dragon Spacecraft

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Training in Dragon Spacecraft

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson

SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia

SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station poses for a photo during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT). From left are, Mission Specialist Alexsandr Gorbunov from Roscosmos (Russia), Pilot Nick Hague from NASA, Commander Zena Cardman from NASA, and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson from NASA.

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station poses for photos during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT) at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. This test plays an important role in familiarizing crew members with the interior of the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

For more on Crew-9, visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-9/

Zena Cardman's Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/zena-cardman/

Nick Hague's Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nick-hague/

Stephanie Wilson's Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/people/stephanie-d-wilson/

This will be Gorbunov’s first trip to space and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the military department with a specialty in operation and repair of aircraft, helicopters, and aircraft engines. Before being selected as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Rocket Space Corporation Energia and supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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.

This is the ninth rotational mission to the space station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. It works with the American aerospace industry to meet the goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the orbital outpost on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

Find more information on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Image Credit: SpaceX

Image Dates: July 22-23, 2024

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