NASA has announced the crew for Crew-14, a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Two American astronauts will lead the flight: Kayla Barron as commander and Chris Burch as pilot. They will be joined by Makoto Suwa from the Japanese space agency JAXA and Artyun Kiviryan from Russia's Roscosmos, who NASA says will serve as research specialists for the mission. According to the announcement, the mission will not launch before the spring of 2027. NASA says the crew's work in orbit will centre on long-term scientific research, along with testing of new technology, Ratopati English reported. Crew-14 will be the 14th commercial astronaut rotation that SpaceX has flown for NASA under its programme for low Earth orbit. NASA says the results are expected to feed into the technology and knowledge needed for future human missions to the Moon and Mars, while also supporting research intended to benefit people on Earth.
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NASA names four-member Crew-14 team for SpaceX station mission
The flight to the International Space Station, carrying astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia, will not launch before spring 2027.
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- Kayla Barron to command Crew-14; Chris Burch will pilot the spacecraft
- JAXA's Makoto Suwa and Roscosmos's Artyun Kiviryan fly as research specialists
- Launch not before spring 2027; the 14th commercial crew flight by SpaceX for NASA
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