{"id":4444,"date":"2023-03-02T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:41:08","slug":"spacex-will-bring-astronauts-from-the-us-russia-and-uae-to-the-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/spacex-will-bring-astronauts-from-the-us-russia-and-uae-to-the-space-station\/2023\/03\/02\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX will bring astronauts from the US, Russia and UAE to the space station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape<\/span> Canaveral,<\/span> Fla.<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> On<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> SpaceX<\/span> delivered<\/span> four<\/span> astronauts<\/span> to<\/span> NASA’s<\/span> International<\/span> Space<\/span> Station.<\/span> Among<\/span> them<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> person<\/span> to<\/span> rise<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Arab<\/span> world<\/span> for<\/span> an<\/span> extended<\/span> stay<\/span> of<\/span> several<\/span> months.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Falcon<\/span> rocket<\/span> launched<\/span> from<\/span> Kennedy<\/span> Space<\/span> Center<\/span> just<\/span> after<\/span> midnight,<\/span> soaring<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> East<\/span> Coast<\/span> and<\/span> lighting<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> night<\/span> sky.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>His<\/span> nearly<\/span> 80<\/span> spectators<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Arab<\/span> Emirates<\/span> launch<\/span> astronaut<\/span> Sultan<\/span> Al<\/span> Neyadi,<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> astronaut<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Emirates,<\/span> to<\/span> take<\/span> off<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> six-month<\/span> mission<\/span> I<\/span> was<\/span> watching<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> field.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On<\/span> the<\/span> other<\/span> side<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> world,<\/span> in<\/span> Dubai<\/span> and<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Arab<\/span> Emirates,<\/span> schools<\/span> and<\/span> offices<\/span> are<\/span> broadcasting<\/span> the<\/span> launch<\/span> live.<\/span> And<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> Dragon<\/span> capsule,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> scheduled<\/span> to<\/span> arrive<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> space<\/span> station<\/span> on<\/span> Friday:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Steven<\/span> Bowen,<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> NASA<\/span> submarine<\/span> pilot<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> completed<\/span> his<\/span> three<\/span> flights<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> Space<\/span> Shuttle;<\/span> Warren<\/span> “Woody”<\/span> Horberg,<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> research<\/span> scientist<\/span> and<\/span> space<\/span> novice<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Massachusetts<\/span> Institute<\/span> of<\/span> Technology;<\/span> Andrei,<\/span> a<\/span> space<\/span> novice<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> withdrawn<\/span> from<\/span> Russia;<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Fedjayev<\/span> Air<\/span> Force.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> minute<\/span> on<\/span> Monday,<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> start<\/span> attempt<\/span> was<\/span> aborted<\/span> because<\/span> the<\/span> filter<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> engine<\/span> ignition<\/span> system<\/span> was<\/span> clogged.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“It<\/span> may<\/span> have<\/span> taken<\/span> us<\/span> twice,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> worth<\/span> the<\/span> trip,”<\/span> Bowen<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Cassie<\/span> Lueders,<\/span> NASA’s<\/span> mission<\/span> director<\/span> for<\/span> space<\/span> operations,<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday’s<\/span> launch<\/span> enhanced<\/span> the<\/span> night<\/span> sky,<\/span> which<\/span> already<\/span> shows<\/span> the<\/span> conjunction<\/span> of<\/span> Venus<\/span> and<\/span> Jupiter.<\/span> The<\/span> two<\/span> planets<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> appearing<\/span> side<\/span> by<\/span> side<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> whole<\/span> week<\/span> and<\/span> seem<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> getting<\/span> closer<\/span> and<\/span> closer.<\/span> “Tonight<\/span> we<\/span> added<\/span> a<\/span> bright<\/span> new<\/span> star<\/span> to<\/span> this<\/span> night<\/span> sky,”<\/span> she<\/span> told<\/span> reporters.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> newcomers<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> space<\/span> station<\/span> will<\/span> replace<\/span> American,<\/span> Russian<\/span> and<\/span> Japanese<\/span> crew<\/span> members<\/span> who<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> there<\/span> since<\/span> October.<\/span> The<\/span> other<\/span> station<\/span> residents,<\/span> two<\/span> Russians<\/span> and<\/span> one<\/span> American,<\/span> doubled<\/span> their<\/span> six-month<\/span> stay<\/span> to<\/span> September<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> Soyuz<\/span> capsule<\/span> leaked.A<\/span> replacement<\/span> Soyuz<\/span> arrived<\/span> last<\/span> weekend.<\/span> .<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Communications<\/span> Technician<\/span> Al<\/span> Neyadi<\/span> thanked<\/span> everyone<\/span> in<\/span> Arabic<\/span> and<\/span> then<\/span> in<\/span> English<\/span> once<\/span> they<\/span> arrived<\/span> in<\/span> orbit.<\/span> “It<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> great<\/span> start,<\/span> amazing,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> replaced<\/span> Hazza<\/span> He<\/span> Al<\/span> Mansouri,<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> Emirati<\/span> cosmonaut<\/span> to<\/span> fly<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> space<\/span> station<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> rocket<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> one-week<\/span> stay<\/span> in<\/span> 2019.<\/span> The<\/span> Oil<\/span> Rich<\/span> Association<\/span> paid<\/span> for<\/span> Al<\/span> Nayyadi’s<\/span> seat<\/span> on<\/span> SpaceX’s<\/span> flight.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> United<\/span> Arab<\/span> Emirates’<\/span> Minister<\/span> of<\/span> Public<\/span> Education<\/span> and<\/span> Advanced<\/span> Technology<\/span> Salah<\/span> Al-Amiri<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> long-term<\/span> mission<\/span> “provides<\/span> new<\/span> spaces<\/span> for<\/span> science<\/span> and<\/span> scientific<\/span> discovery<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Salem<\/span> al-Marri,<\/span> Executive<\/span> Director<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> UAE<\/span> Space<\/span> Center<\/span> in<\/span> Dubai,<\/span> said:<\/span> Emirates<\/span> already<\/span> has<\/span> a<\/span> spacecraft<\/span> orbiting<\/span> Mars,<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> Mini-Rover<\/span> is<\/span> hitchhiking<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Moon<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> Japanese<\/span> lander.<\/span> Two<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> new<\/span> UAE<\/span> astronauts<\/span> will<\/span> train<\/span> in<\/span> Houston<\/span> with<\/span> his<\/span> newest<\/span> NASA<\/span> astronaut<\/span> candidate.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Saudi<\/span> Prince<\/span> Sultan<\/span> bin<\/span> Salman<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> Arab<\/span> to<\/span> go<\/span> into<\/span> space<\/span> aboard<\/span> his<\/span> shuttle<\/span> Discovery<\/span> in<\/span> 1985.<\/span> Two<\/span> years<\/span> later,<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> Syrian<\/span> cosmonaut<\/span> Muhammad<\/span> Faris,<\/span> who<\/span> launched<\/span> from<\/span> Russia.<\/span> Both<\/span> were<\/span> in<\/span> space<\/span> for<\/span> about<\/span> a<\/span> week.<\/span> He<\/span> has<\/span> many<\/span> appointments<\/span> with<\/span> his<\/span> crew,<\/span> especially<\/span> during<\/span> Ramadan,<\/span> the<\/span> holy<\/span> month<\/span> of<\/span> Islam,<\/span> which<\/span> begins<\/span> this<\/span> month.<\/span> Regarding<\/span> Ramadan<\/span> observance<\/span> in<\/span> orbit,<\/span> he<\/span> said<\/span> fasting<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> mandatory<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> could<\/span> make<\/span> him<\/span> weaker<\/span> and<\/span> jeopardize<\/span> his<\/span> mission.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Crew<\/span> leader<\/span> Bowen<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> four<\/span> worked<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> team<\/span> despite<\/span> their<\/span> national<\/span> differences.<\/span> Despite<\/span> tensions<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> and<\/span> Russia<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> work<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> space<\/span> station,<\/span> swapping<\/span> seats<\/span> for<\/span> travel<\/span> there.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – On Thursday, SpaceX delivered four astronauts to NASA’s International Space Station. Among them was the first person to rise from the Arab world for an extended stay of several months. The Falcon rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center just after midnight, soaring over the East Coast and lighting up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,562,2425,2428,2459,2480,2482],"tags":[1402,1403,1395,1396,1397,1398,1399,1400,1401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacex.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4448,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions\/4448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}