Meet the astronauts of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station AlteredJamie
The science mission is a first-time trip to space for Mann, Cassada, and Kikina and the fifth trip for Wakata.
Kikina's flight is one-third of the currently planned crew-swap agreements. NASA will send another astronaut to the ISS on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2023 and another Russian cosmonaut can be expected to fly with SpaceX in 2024. A Naval Academy graduate, Mann was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2013. Before that, she served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned her wings of gold as a Naval Aviator in 2003, and attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. She has accumulated more than 2,500 flight hours in 25 types of aircraft. She deployed twice aboard aircraft carriers in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.She will serve as the Crew-5 mission Commander, the first time a woman will fill that role.
He also said that he is looking forward to enjoying some Detroit-style pizza as one of his last meals before he takes off for space. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's astronaut Koichi Wakata is from Saitama, Japan. He is married with one child. He holds a doctorate in aerospace engineering and serves as the Senior Advisor and Astronaut for JAXA.
When asked about flying aboard Crew Dragon after flying many times on the space shuttle during a pre-mission briefing, he said,"it's a very different spacecraft. Very sophisticated, very automated and it's a very reliable system. And so I think I have to listen to the commander and pilot and work with Anna. Communication is the key."
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