SpaceX launched a four-person crew to the International Space Station.

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The crew includes a Russian cosmonaut, a UAE astronaut, and two NASA crew members.

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The spacecraft used for the mission was the Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon capsule.

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The launch took place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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The trip to the ISS was expected to take nearly 25 hours.

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The Crew 6 mission is the sixth long-term ISS team that NASA has flown aboard SpaceX.

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The mission marks the first time a UAE astronaut has launched from US soil as part of a long-duration space station team.

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The ISS has been continuously operated for more than two decades by a U.S.-Russian-led consortium.

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The Crew 6 team will be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current ISS occupants.

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The mission follows two recent mishaps involving Russian spacecraft docked to the orbiting laboratory.

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