The astronauts were sent to the International Space Station by the company. It was the same thing as the company's seven other human spaceflight missions.
The Crew-5 mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center at noon. The crew of four, which includes American astronauts Nicole Mann, mission commander, and Josh Cassada, mission pilot, and JAXA astronauts Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, are traveling to the station in a Crew Dragon dubbed "Endurance." It separated from the rocket and is on its way to the station.
Four people are going to spend up to six months on the International Space Station. Wakata has spent more than a year in space.
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Thirty people have been delivered to space. There are a number of reasons why the mission is noteworthy. It is the first time that a cosmonaut has flown on an American spaceship and the first time that a cosmonaut has flown on a spaceship from a foreign country. A recent deal between the U.S. and Russia involves the placement of a cosmonaut on a space ship. As part of the deal, an American was flown to the International Space Station on a Russian spaceship.
Sergei Krikalev said that the Crew-5 mission marked a new phase of cooperation between the US and Russia.
In the last few weeks, Krikalev has struck a more conciliatory tone. In a NASA media briefing prior to the Crew-5 mission, he said that the Russian space agency is in talks with Moscow to extend its participation in the International Space Station. Krikalev said it was an effort to smooth relations between the two countries.
Crew-5 is the eighth human spaceflight mission for the company. Crew 3 had the Endurance Dragon on board.
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