Overview
- Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 6:01 a.m. local time on Feb. 11, with backup opportunities on Feb. 12 and 13.
- Adenot will fly with NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fediaev aboard Crew Dragon to join Expedition 74 on the ISS.
- The French astronaut is slated for roughly eight months in orbit conducting more than 200 investigations across biology, materials science and human physiology, including tests of the EchoFinder autonomous ultrasound system.
- Education-focused work includes the CNES-led ChlorISS study, in which she grows Arabidopsis in microgravity while 260,000 pupils cultivate seeds on Earth using the same protocol.
- Pre-launch quarantine and final pad rehearsals are underway as the station operates with only three residents following Crew-11’s early return.