SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Launch This Week, How You Can Watch?

An international crew of four astronauts will launch the International Space Station (ISS) next weekend for a stay of roughly seven months. An astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is part of the Crew-6 mission and will make history by staying at the International Space Station (ISS) for an extended period of time. A different UAE astronaut spent eight days there in 2019. Credit: NASA NASA will live stream the crew's launch with a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and a Falcon 9 rocket. Four astronauts, including United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida, the SpaceX Crew Dragon will cruise throughout Sunday before landing at the International Space Station early on Monday. Following the Crew-5 launch in October of last year, which also included astronauts from the Japanese space agency JAXA, the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and NASA, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, this is SpaceX's sixth crew trip to the International Space Station.

Ways to view the launch

The NASA TV channel will livestream the launch as well as several prelaunch briefing sessions. You can either visit NASA TV's YouTube page or utilize the video that is posted towards the top of this page to watch the event. Photo Credit: Wikipedia The actual launch is set for very early on February 26; however, coverage will start around 10:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. EDT) on February 27. Sunday's launch is planned at 2:07 a.m. EST (11:07 p.m. PT on Saturday). You may also watch the spacecraft's approach to the ISS live on the internet. With docking slated for 2:54 a.m. ET (just before midnight PT), coverage of the Dragon's arrival at the ISS will start at 1 a.m. EDT on Monday, February 27 (10 a.m. PT on Sunday, February 26). This will be followed by the crew's welcome ceremony and hatch opening.