Marshall team members participate in SpaceX booster review meeting for the Commercial Crew Program. The Commercial Crew Program is primarily based at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the space agency’s premier launch site. About 350 people are working in the Commercial Crew Program for NASA, with almost half involved in the work at other NASA centers, including Marshall and Johnson Space Center in Houston.
TODD MAY, LEFT, MANAGER OF THE SLS PROGRAM AT THE MARSHALL CENTER, DISCUSSES THE ROCKET'S SPECIFICATIONS WITH LEROY CAIN, WHO HEADS THE INDEPENDENT STANDING REVIEW BOARD FOR SLS, DURING THE SLS PROGRAM'S PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW. THE REVIEW KICKED OFF JUNE 18-19
Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, participates in a Flight Readiness Review for the agency’s Crew-5 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA and SpaceX managers held the review to confirm the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready for launch. Crew-5 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human transportation system and its sixth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.
Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, participates in a Flight Readiness Review for the agency’s Crew-5 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA and SpaceX managers held the review to confirm the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready for launch. Crew-5 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human transportation system and its sixth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.
Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning participates in a Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Crew-5 mission at the Florida spaceport on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA and SpaceX managers held the review to confirm the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready for launch. Crew-5 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human transportation system and its sixth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana participate in a Flight Readiness Review for the agency’s Crew-5 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA and SpaceX managers held the review to confirm the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready for launch. Crew-5 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human transportation system and its sixth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and SpaceX managers participate in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Kenneth Bowersox, deputy associate administrator for the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations Missions Directorate, participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, International Space Station Program Manager Kirk Shireman participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Chief Engineer Ralph Roe participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and SpaceX managers participate in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
On May 21, 2020, inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders participates in a flight readiness review for the upcoming Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, returning human spaceflight capability to the U.S. after nearly a decade. Launch is slated for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
Dr. Edward Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT and co-chair, NASA Exploration Technology Development Program Review Committee speaks during the final meeting of the Human Space Flight Review Committee, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Steve Jurczyk, acting administrator, NASA, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. The mission is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review takes place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review takes place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Mission Specialist Lacy Veach in the aft flight deck reviewing a procedures manual.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine participates in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
NASA and SpaceX leadership participate in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana participates in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at the center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
NASA and SpaceX leadership participate in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
Hans Koenigsmann, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability with SpaceX, participates in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, leads a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
NASA and SpaceX leadership participate in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
NASA and SpaceX leadership participate in a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 2020. The FRR focuses on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the International Space Station, and its international partners to support the flight, and the certification of flight readiness. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
Norman Augustine, chair, listens to a speaker's presentation during the final meeting of the Human Space Flight Review Committee, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Steve Stich (right), manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and Kathryn Lueders (left), associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA participate in the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex -41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program, participates in the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Kathryn Lueders (center), associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA participates in the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
As part of the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), NASA astronaut and commander of Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, Barry “Butch” Wilmore addresses NASA and Boeing managers inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review takes place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. Appearing on the screens are virtual participants from Johnson Space Center in Houston. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
William Gerstenmaier, vice president of Mission Assurance, SpaceX, center, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. The mission is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA and Boeing managers take part in the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, left, talks with Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center, during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. The mission is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. The mission is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA and Boeing managers take part in the Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) inside the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 11, 2022. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s second flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Joel Montalbano, manger, International Space Station, Johnson Space Center, listens in during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2021. The mission is targeted to launch from the Florida Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Dr. Wanda Austin, president and CEO of the Aerospace Corp., left, asks a question during the final meeting of the Human Space Flight Review Committee, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Washington as committee member Bohdan Bejmuk reviews his notes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
S68-50646 (18 Oct. 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 8 mission is photographed in Building 4, at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), where they are participating in classroom work in burn test review and procedures review. Left to right, are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman.
S65-20632 (20 March 1965) --- The prime crew of the NASA Gemini-Titan 3 mission, astronauts John W. Young (center), pilot; and Virgil I. Grissom (foreground), command pilot, hold a discussion at the Gemini launch vehicle review meeting on March 20, 1965, with astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the GT-4 mission. The meeting was held in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building on Merritt Island, Florida.
PHOTO DATE: 01-28-09 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Review installing JEM-EF at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753
PHOTO DATE: 01-28-09 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Review installing JEM-EF at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753
PHOTO DATE: 01-28-09 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Review installing JEM-EF at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753
W. Russ DeLoach, chief of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA, participates in a Flight Readiness Review for the agency’s Crew-5 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 26, 2022, to confirm the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready for launch. In the background and to the left is Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, and to the right is NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Crew-5 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human transportation system and its sixth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.
Managers with NASA and SpaceX, along with international partners, participate in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Flight Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and 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 on the company’s 10th crew rotation mission for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
Kenneth Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Flight Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, 2025. Launch is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and 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 on the company’s 10th crew rotation mission for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER PARTICIPATED IN THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) POST-PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW REPORT, HELD AUG. 5 IN ACTIVITIES BUILDING 4316. DISCUSSING THE REVIEW AND THANKING THE MARSHALL TEAM FOR A JOB WELL DONE, ARE FROM LEFT, GARRY LYLES, SLS CHIEF ENGINEER; TODD MAY, MANAGER OF THE SLS PROGRAM; STEVE CASH, DIRECTOR OF MARSHALL’S SAFETY & MISSION ASSURANCE DIRECTORATE; AND CHRIS SINGER, MANAGER OF MARSHALL’S ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE
Bohdan Bejmuk, chair, Constellation program Standing Review Board, and former manager of the Boeing Space Shuttle and Sea Launch programs, right, asks a question during the final meeting of the Human Space Flight Review Committee as Dr. Wanda Austin, president and CEO, The Aerospace Corp., looks on at left, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
S65-43449 (19 Aug. 1965) --- Photograph of the Gemini-5 spacecraft in the McDonnell test facility during stowage review.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, questions NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2000-E-20554 (August 2000) --- Four members of the STS-106 crew participate in a bench review of equipment and gear scheduled to fly in the September mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. From the left are astronauts Daniel C. Burbank, Edward T. Lu, Scott D. Altman and Richard A. Mastracchio.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2002-E-30478 (29 July 2002) --- Astronauts Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission commander and mission specialist, respectively, inspect flight hardware during a crew equipment bench review in an offsite facility near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, questions NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S99-09470 (11 August 1999) --- Three mission specialists participate in a STS-99 flight crew equipment (FCE) bench review. From the left (in the blue lab coats), astronauts Mamoru Mohri, Janice Voss and Janet L. Kavandi look over equipment and supplies for their assigned mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour later this year. Mohri represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Such bench reviews are routine procedure for crews preparing for shuttle missions.
This December 1971 photograph shows the internal configuration of Skylab's Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) flight article (forward view) as it appeared during the crew compartment and function review at the Martin-Marietta Corporation's Space Center Facility in Denver, Colorado. Designed and manufactured by the Marshall Space Flight Center, the MDA housed a number of experiment control and stowage units as well as providing a docking port for the Apollo Command module.
Workmen at the Martin Marietta Corporation's Space Center facility in Denver, Colorado, lower the Skylab Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) flight article into the horizontal rotation fixture in preparation for the crew compartment and function review. Designed and manufactured by the Marshall Space Flight Center and outfitted by Martin Marietta, the MDA housed a number of experiment control and stowage units and provided a docking port for the Apollo Command Module.
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
S63-06123 (1963) --- Walter C. Williams, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., and Merritt Preston are pictured during an Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9) prelaunch mission review. Photo credit: NASA
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
JSC2001-E-19233 (12 June 2001) --- Astronaut Frederick W. Sturckow, STS-105 pilot, inspects an IMAX camera during a crew equipment bench review in an offsite facility near Johnson Space Center (JSC).
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR
PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
ISS030-E-173911 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, reviews crew procedures in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171113 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (wearing a communication headset), Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, review crew procedures in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation of moving to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171107 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, flight engineer, wearing communication headsets, review crew procedures in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation of moving to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine participates in a news briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020, following the conclusion of the flight readiness review for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s final flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley will fly to the orbiting laboratory in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27.
Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The mission is targeted to lift off from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The mission is targeted to lift off from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Readiness Review takes place at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The mission is targeted to lift off from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Readiness Review takes place at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The mission is targeted to lift off from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk participates in a news briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020, following the conclusion of the flight readiness review for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s final flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley will fly to the orbiting laboratory in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27.
Josh Finch with NASA Communications moderates a news briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020, following the conclusion of the flight readiness review for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s final flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley will fly to the orbiting laboratory in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27.
Benji Reed, director of Crew Mission Management at SpaceX, participates in a news briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020, following the conclusion of the flight readiness review for the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s final flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley will fly to the orbiting laboratory in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27.
Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The mission is targeted to lift off from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.