SpaceX is all set to launch Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts to ISS on 27 Feb
The world is to witness the launch of the Crew 6 mission on February 27 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During this mission, SpaceX will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Falcon 9 rocket from Florida will carry the Crew Dragon to their destination location. According to NASA’s official website NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, head to the orbiting laboratory for a six-month mission to conduct scientific research.
With #Crew6, we’ll gather new information in experiments that will bring us closer to our goal of landing on Mars, testing microgravity’s effect on flames and immunity, as well as collecting microorganisms from outside the Space Station. Get to know the mission. pic.twitter.com/ekn4Ox8A4c
— NASA (@NASA) February 23, 2023
The astronauts will be working on a number of studies in space like combustion in space, immune monitoring, and tissue chip investigation. In a video shared by NASA, it shared an insight into research that astronauts will be working on in ISS. NASA wrote on Twitter sharing the video “With Crew6, we’ll gather new information in experiments that will bring us closer to our goal of landing on Mars, testing microgravity’s effect on flames and immunity, as well as collecting microorganisms from outside the Space Station. Get to know the mission”.
Combustion Research
The way fuel burns on Earth is completely different from in space. Studies on this will help NASA to assess the flammability of materials used in future space missions. This will also help them in understanding and developing the best equipment for suppressing, detecting, and cleaning up the fire in space.
Immune Monitoring
Our immunity tends to behave in a certain way under different conditions and space is itself one of the different places. Earlier astronauts were tested before and after the mission to test the change their immunity has undergone to fit in space. But this time Immunoassay, an investigation by ESA (European Space Agency) uses a functional immune test. A clear assessment of immune response during the flight and in space will help scientists to better understand the immune response.
Other than this the mission will also include the study of microorganisms near life-supporting vents of spacecraft. This will help them to limit the spread of microorganism contamination from Earth.
