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Russian Andrey Fedyaev will soon go to the International Space Station together with an international crew. The date of delivery to the ISS of the Russian cosmonaut, which will be carried out on the American Crew Dragon manned spacecraft, has already been announced.
This is reported by the press service of the state corporation "Roscosmos".
According to this information, Fedyaev will fly into orbit in February 2023 as part of the American Crew-6 mission. The launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, on board of which Andrey will be, will take place from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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His fellow travelers will be two NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen. Also a member of the crew is a citizen of the United Arab Emirates Sultan al-Neyadi.
The Crew-6 space mission takes place within the framework of a joint Russian-American cross-flight program. It provides for the delivery to the ISS of three astronauts from the United States on Roscosmos ships and three cosmonauts from Russia on NASA manned spacecraft. After sending the Russian, the program will be considered completed by the United States, since he will become the third Russian citizen to be delivered to the ISS by the Americans. The last cross-flight of the Russian Soyuz MS-23 will take place in March next year. In addition to Russian citizens, NASA astronaut Laurel O'Hara will travel to the ISS on it.