A crew arrival media event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is held Nov. 8, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Posing for a photograph after speaking to the media, from left are, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (right) and leadership from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to board NASA Airbus H135 (T3) helicopters for an aerial tour of the spaceport during the administrator’s visit on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Participants on the helicopter tour include, from left, Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning; Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro; Todd Ericson, senior advisor to the NASA administrator; Kennedy Space Center Chief of Staff Trey Carlson; John Graves, NASA senior project manager, and Isaacman. Isaacman, NASA’s 15th administrator, began visiting the agency’s centers after his appointment on Dec. 17, 2025, to meet with employees, contractors, and partners.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (center left) and Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro (center right) prepare to board NASA Airbus H135 (T3) helicopters during the administrator’s visit to the agency’s Florida spaceport on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Isaacman, NASA’s 15th administrator, began visiting the agency’s centers after his appointment on Dec. 17, 2025, to meet with employees, contractors, and partners.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft arrives by cargo plane and is unloaded on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations - Florida payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America’s premier multi-user spaceport.

Dana Hutcherson, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program delivers remarks to members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during crew arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana greets the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission after their arrival at the center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left are European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron. Crew-3 will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT on October 31 from Launch Complex 39A.

A crew arrival media event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is held Nov. 8, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center; NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist, pose for a photograph after speaking to members of the media. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sits in the cockpit of a Northrop F-5 aircraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly 15th administrator of the agency, Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce to fly in Isaacman’s personal F-5 Tiger II aircraft. NASA’s first “A” stands for aeronautics, and the agency is continuing efforts to the efforts to safely and sustainably transform aviation for the 21st century.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams poses for photos during her arrival back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and fellow crew member Butch Wilmore are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, commander of Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. He is at Kennedy to prepare for his flight to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hug at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, a crew member for Boeing’s Starliner-1 mission, arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. She is at Kennedy to prepare for her flight to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from a United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane, stationed out of Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's multi-user spaceport.

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station descend the ramp of a Gulfstream jet upon arrival to the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, stand before members of the news media after are slated to launch aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

From left to right, Daniel Forrestel, manager, Ground and Missions Operations Office of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and Ashley Scharfenberg, Systems Engineering and Integration for Exploration Ground Systems, walk in their flight suits at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew Forrestel and Scharfenberg on an employee incentive in Isaacman’s personal Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft around NASA Kennedy. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities.

NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, Crew-12 pilot, arrives Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hathaway and fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Crew-12 is the 12th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s Super Guppy arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Sept. 11, 2020, carrying the Orion Service Module Structural Test Article (SM-STA). Composed of the European Service Module (ESM) and crew module adapter (CMA), these components mark the completion of the test campaign to certify Orion’s Service Module for Artemis I. The Orion SM-STA is being offloaded for transport to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. Photo credit:

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, from left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, arrive Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-12 mission is slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist, speaks to members of the media during a crew arrival event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 8, 2020. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams arrive aboard T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively. The crew members will fly to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Crew-8 pilot, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Barratt, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station arrive at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron speak to members of the news media. The crew will enter quarantine at the center’s Crew Quarters as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT on Oct. 31 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams delivers remarks to members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following her arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams is joined by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore as the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from an Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's premier multi-user spaceport.

NASA astronauts arrive in a trio of Northrop T-38 Talon jets at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 25, 2024, ahead of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi participates in a news media event during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov participates in a news media event during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from a United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane, stationed out of Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's multi-user spaceport.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive in a Northrop T-38 Talon at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 25, 2024, ahead of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore arrives back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and fellow crew member Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

Staff with NASA and partner agencies help to unpack the containers of Kemp’s ridley and other sea turtles from the PC12 aircraft that arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility, managed by Space Florida, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2021. The rescued and rehabilitated turtles were flown from aquatic centers in Massachusetts and New York. The containers of turtles will be transferred to vehicles for the short trip to the Canaveral National Seashore, where they will be released into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, Space Florida, and Herndon Solutions Group, the center’s environmental services contractor, provided support. The Turtles Fly Too organization provided the flight to Kennedy. All marine turtle footage/images was obtained with the approval of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) under conditions not harmful to marine turtles. Footage was acquired while conducting authorized conservation activities pursuant to: FWC 2021 Consent Permit, MTP-21-005 and MTP-21-114.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore poses for photos at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following his arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

The astronauts for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 8, 2020, and are greeted by NASA and JAXA leadership. From left are, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander. At right, from left are Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA, speaks to members of the media during a crew arrival event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 8, 2020. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director Jennifer Kunz and NASA Commercial Crew Program Deputy Manager Dana Hutcherson participate in a media event at the Florida spaceport on Thursday, April 25, 2024, upon the arrival of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. As part of the NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 6. The Atlas V will lift off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

NASA astronauts arrive aboard T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. From left are Josh Cassada and Jeanette Epps.

A member of Flight Operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida gives a thumbs up to the NASA Airbus H135 (T3) helicopters carrying NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Kennedy leadership on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Isaacman, NASA’s 15th administrator, began visiting the agency’s centers after his appointment on Dec. 17, 2025, to meet with employees, contractors, and partners.

Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, far left, greets the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission after their arrival at the center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left are European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron. Crew-3 will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT on October 31 from Launch Complex 39A.

NASA Airbus H135 (T3) helicopters carrying NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and leadership from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida perform an aerial tour of the spaceport on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Isaacman, NASA’s 15th administrator, began visiting the agency’s centers after his appointment on Dec. 17, 2025, to meet with employees, contractors, and partners.

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from right to left NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, stand before members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The Crew-8 mission is slated to launch aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1, 2024.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Crew-10 commander, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. McClain and fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams deliver remarks to members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronauts pose for photos at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronauts arrive aboard T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. At right is Sunita “Suni” Williams. At left is Barry “Butch” Wilmore. Wilmore and Williams will command the company’s Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore poses for photos during his arrival back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and fellow crew member Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Crew-10 commander, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. McClain and fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station from left to right JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov stand before members of the news media after arrival to the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. The Crew-10 mission is slated to launch aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Crew-12 commander, arrives Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Meir and fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Crew-12 is the 12th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, Crew-8 mission specialist, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Epps, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

Staff with NASA and partner agencies help to unpack the containers of Kemp’s ridley and other sea turtles from the PC12 aircraft that arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility, managed by Space Florida, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2021. The rescued and rehabilitated turtles were flown from aquatic centers in Massachusetts and New York. The containers of turtles will be transferred to vehicles for the short trip to the Canaveral National Seashore, where they will be released into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, Space Florida, and Herndon Solutions Group, the center’s environmental services contractor, provided support. The Turtles Fly Too organization provided the flight to Kennedy. All marine turtle footage/images was obtained with the approval of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) under conditions not harmful to marine turtles. Footage was acquired while conducting authorized conservation activities pursuant to: FWC 2021 Consent Permit, MTP-21-005 and MTP-21-114.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, mission specialist, arrives Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot will launch along with Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Crew-12 is the 12th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore delivers remarks to members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following his arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore is joined by NASA astronaut Suni Williams as the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

Staff with NASA and partner agencies help to unpack the containers of Kemp’s ridley and other sea turtles from the PC12 aircraft that arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility, managed by Space Florida, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2021. The rescued and rehabilitated turtles were flown from aquatic centers in Massachusetts and New York. The containers of turtles will be transferred to vehicles for the short trip to the Canaveral National Seashore, where they will be released into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, Space Florida, and Herndon Solutions Group, the center’s environmental services contractor, provided support. The Turtles Fly Too organization provided the flight to Kennedy. All marine turtle footage/images was obtained with the approval of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) under conditions not harmful to marine turtles. Footage was acquired while conducting authorized conservation activities pursuant to: FWC 2021 Consent Permit, MTP-21-005 and MTP-21-114.

NASA Airbus H135 (T3) helicopters prepare for takeoff from the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Kennedy leadership on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Isaacman, NASA’s 15th administrator, began visiting the agency’s centers after his appointment on Dec. 17, 2025, to meet with employees, contractors, and partners.

From left, Sean “Stroker” Gustafson, pilot, and Ashley Scharfenberg, Systems Engineering and Integration for Exploration Ground Systems, prepares for her employee incentive flight around NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Jared Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities. Scharfenberg, and Daniel Forrestel, manager, Ground and Missions Operations Office, (not pictured), were the first two employees to be recognized in the ride-along program to fly in Isaacman’s personal Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft.

NASA Astronaut Raja Chari, commander, speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. Chari, along with from left, Matthias Mauer, European Space Agency astronaut, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron arrived at the landing facility from Houston. The astronauts will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Kennedy, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The Crew-8 mission will send NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

Sean “Stroker” Gustafson, pilot, sits in the cockpit of an Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly 15th administrator of the agency, Jared Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities with opportunities to fly in Isaacman’s Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft.

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers participates in a news media event during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore greets NASA officials at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following his arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore is joind by NASA astronaut Suni Williams as the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, (front center), followed by Ashley Scharfenberg, Systems Engineering and Integration for Exploration Ground Systems, (left), and Daniel Forrestel, manager, Ground and Missions Operations Office, prepare for an employee incentive flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew Forrestel and Scharfenberg in Isaacman’s personal Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft around NASA Kennedy. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities.

The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from a United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane, stationed out of Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's multi-user spaceport.

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, a crew member for Boeing’s Starliner-1 mission, arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. He is at Kennedy to prepare for his flight to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, from left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, arrive Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-12 mission is slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, Crew-8 mission specialist, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Epps, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. Marshburn, along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer arrived at the landing facility from Houston. The astronauts will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft is unloaded from an Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's premier multi-user spaceport.

NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams, commander of Boeing’s Starliner-1 mission, arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. She is at Kennedy to prepare for her flight to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A crew arrival media event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is held Nov. 8, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Speaking to the media is NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander. Behind him are NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose for photos at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. Barron, along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer arrived at the landing facility from Houston. The astronauts will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA’s Super Guppy arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Sept. 11, 2020, carrying the Orion Service Module Structural Test Article (SM-STA). Composed of the European Service Module (ESM) and crew module adapter (CMA), these components mark the completion of the test campaign to certify Orion’s Service Module for Artemis I. The Orion SM-STA is being offloaded for transport to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024.NASA’s Super Guppy arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Sept. 11, 2020, carrying the Orion Service Module Structural Test Article (SM-STA). Composed of the European Service Module (ESM) and crew module adapter (CMA) these components mark the completion of the test campaign to certify Orion’s Service Module for Artemis I. The Orion SM-STA is being offloaded for transport to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024.

A United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane, stationed out of Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft lands on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021. The Lucy mission will be the first space mission to explore a diverse population of small bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The launch is being managed by NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America's multi-user spaceport.

Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro greets crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station after arrival to the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. From left to right are Petro, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. The Crew-10 mission is slated to launch aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Daniel Forrestel, manager, Ground and Missions Operations Office of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares to put on a flight helmet on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew Forrestel on an employee incentive flight in Isaacman’s personal Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft around NASA Kennedy. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities.

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, from left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev arrive Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-12 mission is slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

A crew arrival media event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is held Nov. 8, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

A Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft prepares for flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly 15th administrator of the agency, Jared Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities to fly in Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft.

Ashley Scharfenberg, Systems Engineering and Integration for Exploration Ground Systems, prepares for her employee incentive flight around NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Jared Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities. Scharfenberg, and Daniel Forrestel, manager, Ground and Missions Operations Office, (not pictured), were the first two employees to be recognized in the ride-along program to fly in Isaacman’s personal Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams deliver remarks to members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and Wilmore are the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6.

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Crew-8 pilot, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Barratt, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, Crew-8 mission specialist, smiles during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Epps, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams arrives back at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and fellow crew member Butch Wilmore are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, Crew-8 mission specialist, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Grebenkin along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

Leaders from NASA greet NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, following the crew’s arrival to the Florida spaceport ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The first launch attempt on May 6 was scrubbed. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 1.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman inspects the nose his Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft before his flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. As the newly appointed 15th administrator of the agency, Isaacman created a ride-along program to recognize and reward members of the workforce to fly in Isaacman’s F-5 Tiger II aircraft around NASA Kennedy for their dedication to accomplishing agency priorities.

NASA Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Koch, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Hansen, and NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. The Artemis II mission will take the crew on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Koch, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina Koch arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Hansen is holding the Moon Mascot, Rise, which is the zero gravity indicator that will fly on the Artemis II test flight. Hansen, Koch, and NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, delivers opening remarks following the arrival of the Artemis II test flight crew at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

NASA Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover arrives on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Pilot Victor Glover, from NASA, and Jeremy Hansen from CSA (Canadian Space Agency), arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. The Artemis II mission will take the crew on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.