by NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch a crew of four to the International Space Station on Friday.
Dubbed Crew-7, the mission will be commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli and includes Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Konstantin Borisov of Russia.
The crew will spend six months aboard the ISS, where they will carry out science experiments including collecting samples during a spacewalk to determine whether the station releases microorganisms through life support system vents.
The goal is to understand if microorganisms can survive and reproduce in space.
Another experiment will aim to assess the physiological differences between sleep on Earth and in space.
Crew-7 will join the seven people already aboard the ISS, before members of Crew-6 leave for Earth a few days later.
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Dubbed Crew-7, the mission will be commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli and includes Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Konstantin Borisov of Russia.
The crew will spend six months aboard the ISS, where they will carry out science experiments including collecting samples during a spacewalk to determine whether the station releases microorganisms through life support system vents.
The goal is to understand if microorganisms can survive and reproduce in space.
Another experiment will aim to assess the physiological differences between sleep on Earth and in space.
Crew-7 will join the seven people already aboard the ISS, before members of Crew-6 leave for Earth a few days later.
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