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Crew-9
SpaceX Crew-9 was the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled to carry a crew of four to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-August 2024, the mission was delayed by more than a month by problems with the spacecraft that was docked at the ISS for the Boeing Crew Flight Test. NASA decided to send the Starliner back to Earth uncrewed, launch Crew-9 with two crew members, and return with four crew members, including the two crew members of the Boeing Crew Flight Test. After that delay and other delays largely due to weather, Crew-9 launched on 28 September at 17:17:21UTC (1:17:21pm EDT, local time at the launch site). The Crew-9 mission marked several milestones. It was the first crewed mission to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40; astronaut Nick Hague was the first active U.S. Space Force Guardian to launch to space; and the mission was the last Dragon cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Gorbunov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov (; born 24 May 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut and Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer. A native of Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Zheleznogorsk, he graduated with a degree in engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov serves as a lieutenant in the Russian Air Force, Air Force Reserve of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Before becoming a cosmonaut, he worked as a design engineer at the Energia (corporation), Energia corporation, contributing to the development and operations of the Progress MS cargo spacecraft. In 2018, he was selected to join the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps. His first spaceflight took place aboard SpaceX Crew-9, which launched in September 2024 and concluded with a splashdown off the coast of Florida in March 2025. During the mission, he served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Early years, studies and professional activities Gorbunov was born on 24 May 1990 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
