Dubai: Yamama Badwan
“SpaceX” announced that the “Falcon 9” missile and the “Dragon” vehicle were installed “vertically” on the launch pad, yesterday, “Thursday”, at Complex No. 39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, with the aim of launching a mission. “Crew 6” next Monday, at 10:45 am Emirates time.
And she added in a tweet on Twitter: On launch day, when the crew reaches the platform, they will ride the tower elevator to the Dragon access and ascent arm for their journey into space.
In the same context, Al Neyadi tweeted on “Twitter”: Our Falcon 9 missile, with the Dragon “Endeavor” on it, the moment it reached the launch pad: “I attached the tweet with four pictures of the launch pad.
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to dock with the International Station the next day, and with the success of the mission, the UAE will be among 11 countries in the world that have completed a long-term mission on board, which lasts for 6 months.
The Crew 6 crew includes: Sultan Al Neyadi, UAE mission specialist, Stephen Bowen, NASA mission commander, Warren Hoberg, NASA spacecraft captain, and Andrei Vidyaev, mission specialist Roscosmos.