The New crew That he will travel to the International Space Station (EEI) will be composed of Nasa Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke astronauts, the specialist in Missions of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), Kimiya Yui, and the Cosmonaut de Roscosmos Oleg Platonov.
The American space agency announced this Thursday what will be The CREW-11 And he pointed out that the trip to the space laboratory was scheduled for July 25.
Zena Cardmanmission commander, was selected as NASA astronaut in 2017. It has a degree in Biology and a Master in Marine Sciences of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His experience in geobiology and geochemical cycles has allowed him to collaborate in underground explorations and in deep sediment environments.
Mike Fincke He is a veteran with three previous missions and 382 days accumulated in space. He has made nine space walks and has participated in crucial expeditions for NASA since 2004. The pilot is a retired colonel of the US Air Force and has worked on the development and certification of the Dragon ships of Spacex and Boeing Starliner.
Meanwhile, Kimiya Yui He returns to space after a first mission in 2015, when was part of expeditions 44/45 in the US. Yui has participated in the capture of Japanese cargo transfer vehicles and in advanced scientific experiments in the Kibo module.
For its part, Oleg Platonov will make its space debut with CREW-11. Platonov is a training engineer and has accumulated experience in flight tests, zero gravity training and survival in nature from his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018.
It is about eleventh rotation flight of spacex crew as part of NASA’s commercial crew program.
During their stay in the US, astronauts will carry out scientific research and technological demonstrations that will help prepare future missions to the moon and benefit humanity on earth.
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