NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada poses for a portrait before his launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada poses for a portrait before his launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Official NASA EMU Portrait of Astronaut Josh Cassada. Photo Date: August 8, 2022. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2018e066248_alt (Aug. 1, 2018) --- NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada has been assigned to the second flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

From left to right: JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada receive training on their crew capsule at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata pose for a photograph at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, after a training for their upcoming Crew-5 mission.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts train on May 13, 2022 for their upcoming International Space Station mission in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right: JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann.

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina train for their upcoming SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station inside a mockup facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair

CCP astronauts Suni Williams and Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1G training.

CCP astronauts Suni Williams and Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1G training.

iss068e032600 (Dec. 24, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineers (from left) Josh Cassada of NASA, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Frank Rubio of NASA, pose for a photograph while sharing a meal on Christmas Eve inside the International Space Station's Unity module.

From left to right: NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency by training inside a mockup that models the real orbiting lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas ahead of their upcoming International Space Station mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada stops to pose for photograph as he exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Cassada, and NASA astronaut Suni Williams were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada is helped onto a helicopter onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed while onboard SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada waves after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada waves after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut Josh Cassada of NASA is seen as he and fellow crewmates Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as they meet with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, foreground, and Suni Williams pose for a photograph inside of the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. The pair was assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss068e032486 (Dec. 25, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineers (from left) Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Frank Rubio, all from NASA, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), pose for a festive portrait on Christmas Day inside the cupola as the International Space Station orbited 270 miles above the southern Atlantic Ocean.

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Suni Williams are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut Nicole Mann of NASA signs a montage for NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy as her NASA SpaceX Crew-5 crewmates Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Josh Cassada of NASA look on, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, and Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann of NASA, speak during NASA’s Science Day on the Hill event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, are seen with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A model of the International Space station is seen as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, and Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann of NASA, speak during NASA’s Science Day on the Hill event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, and Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann of NASA, speak during NASA’s Science Day on the Hill event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Anne McClain and Josh Cassada listen to details about Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left, Victor Glover, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain and Jessica Meir tour the Apollo Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left counterclockwise, Victor Glover, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan, Christina Hammock, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann visit the Mercury 7 memorial at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left Josh Cassada, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Christina Hammock and Victor Glover tour one of the high bays of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy right, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, meet with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Nicole Mann, second from left, and Josh Cassada of NASA, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, are seen with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada, second from left, and Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, far right, view the Orion spacecraft with Adam Leppek, Spacecraft Offline deputy element operations manager with ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – this and Orion being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, center, view the Orion spacecraft with Adam Leppek, Spacecraft Offline deputy element operations manager with ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – this and Orion being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams pause for a photo during a tour of the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. In the background is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Orion spacecraft – this also being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Nicole Mann of NASA, second from left, of NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, pose for a picture with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, after being presented with a montage from their flight, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams pause for a photo during a tour of the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. In the background to the left is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and to the right is the European-built service module, topped with the crew module. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Orion spacecraft – this also being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Nicole Mann of NASA, second from left, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, pose for a picture with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy second from right, after being presented with a montage from their flight, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada answers a question during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cassada and NASA astronaut Suni Williams are assigned to the first operational flight of Boeing’s Starliner. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. Josh Cassada holds a tile sample as Anne McClain, left, and Victor Glover look on. Plans call for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 later this year. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left, Andrew Morgan, Nicole Mann, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock and Josh Cassada observe the Apollo 14 command module which carried astronauts Alan Shepard, Stu Roosa and Edgar Mitchell on their lunar landing mission in 1971.The astronauts toured the Apollo Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signs a montage for NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Wakata, and fellow NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 crewmates Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann of NASA spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility with fellow crewmembers NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams prepare for T-38 training flights at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. Cassada and Williams are assigned to the Boeing Starliner’s second crewed flight.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Josh Cassada trains for docking to the International Space Station. Cassada is assigned to the second crewed flight to the International Space Station of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Josh Cassada trains for docking to the International Space Station. Cassada is assigned to the second crewed flight to the International Space Station of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Josh Cassada prepares for T-38 training flights at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. Cassada is assigned to the Boeing Starliner’s second crewed flight.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Josh Cassada prepares for T-38 training flights at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. Cassada is assigned to the Boeing Starliner’s second crewed flight.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Josh Cassada practices water survival techniques at the Neutral Bouyancy Laboratory. Cassada is assigned to the second crewed flight to the International Space Station of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

NASA commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams prepare for T-38 training flights at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. Cassada and Williams are assigned to the Boeing Starliner’s second crewed flight.

NASA commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams prepare for T-38 training flights at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. Cassada and Williams are assigned to the Boeing Starliner’s second crewed flight.

NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann pose for a photo at SpaceX in Hawthorne during a training for their SpaceX Crew-5 mission.

jsc2021e012882 (April 7, 2021) -- NASA astronaut Josh Cassada trains in a spacesuit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's latest astronaut class meets with a member of the 45th Space Wing in the Cape Commander's Building at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The astronaut candidates are, from left, Josh Cassada, Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Anne McClain, Nicole Mann, Christina Hammock, Tylor "Nick" Hague and Victor Glover. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left, Nicole Mann, Tyler Nick Hague, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock and Victor Glover listen as Steve Cox or Flight Systems and Operations Integration in Kennedy Ground Systems Development and Operations, far right, briefed on firing rooms inside the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates pose in front of a work stand where the agency's Orion spacecraft is being prepared for Exploration Flight Test EFT-1. Plans call for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. From the left are Tyler Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Josh Cassada and Victor Glover. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station, wave after being announced, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The astronauts are, from left to right: Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Chris Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada, and Suni Williams. The agency assigned the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams, who are assigned to fly on the first operational flight of Boeing’s Starliner, are seen during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Nicole Mann, Victor Glover, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Andrew Morgan, Christina Hammock, Jessica Meir, Josh Cassada and Anne McClain listen to details about Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different facilities at NASA's primary launch center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left, Jessica Meir, Victor Glover, Andrew Morgan, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Josh Cassada, Christina Hammock and Nicole Mann visit the Mercury 7 memorial at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams add their signatures to an Artemis “We Are Going” banner inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, they also had the opportunity to view the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System’s (SLS) Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage – both being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station, wave after being announced, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The astronauts are, from left to right: Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Chris Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada, and Suni Williams. The agency assigned the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

iss068e026011 (Dec. 2, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada is pictured working inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

iss068e020678 (Nov. 5, 2022) --- NASA astronaut Josh Cassada (center) is pictured trying on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, with assistance from astronaut Koichi Wakata (left) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann (right) inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock. Credit: Josh Cassada/NASA

iss068e022427 (Nov. 15, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured suited up in his Extravehicular Mobility Unity (EMU), or spacesuit, in the International Space Station's Quest airlock. He and fellow NASA astronaut Josh Cassada (out of frame) conducted a seven-hour and 11-minute a spacewalk to ready the orbiting lab's starboard truss structure for future rollout solar array installation work. Credit: Josh Cassada/NASA

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Nicole Mann, second from left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, second from right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-5 mission launch, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, front left, and Nicole Mann, front right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, back left, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, back right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The NASA Gulfstream V carrying NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is seen as it arrives at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, left, speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility with fellow crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, second from left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Eric Boe, Josh Cassada, Suni Williams, Nicole Mann, and Michael Fincke pose for a picture after a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard was rollout out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test mission, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Mann, Fincke, and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson are assigned to fly on Starliner’s Crew Flight test and Williams and Cassada are assigned to the first operational mission of the spacecraft. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:26 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-5 mission launch, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson looks on as NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, right, wave as they depart the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The NASA Gulfstream V carrying NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is seen as it arrives at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Nicole Mann, second from left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, second from right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-5 mission launch, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, second from right, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, right, pose for a picture after speaking to members of the media following their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, left, speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility with fellow crew members NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, second from right, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, right, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Michael Fincke, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, and Eric Boe pose for a picture after a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard was rollout out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test mission, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Mann, Fincke, and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson are assigned to fly on Starliner’s Crew Flight test, Williams and Cassada are assigned to the first operational mission of the spacecraft, and Boe is the assistant to the chief of the astronaut office for commercial crew. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:26 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, second from left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, are seen after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility with fellow crew members NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)