jsc2024e01170 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011723 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt is pictured in his pressure suit during a crew equipment integration test at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e066256 (Oct. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt participates in preflight mission training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e066240 (Oct. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt participates in preflight mission training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e066251 (Oct. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Michael Barratt, SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist and Pilot respectively, participate in preflight mission training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011722 (Dec. 3, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e066244 (Oct. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Michael Barratt and Matthew Dominick, SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Specialist and Commander respectively, participate in preflight mission training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011760 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo on the SpaceX helipad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011743 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt poses for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011748 (Oct. 13, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo during a training session at the Kennedy Space in Florida. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011747 (Oct. 13, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo during a training session at the Kennedy Space in Florida. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e005951 (Jan. 12, 2024) --- NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, participates in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to rehearse launch day activities and get a close look at the spacecraft that will take him to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011744 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Michael Barratt, Mission Specialist and Pilot, respectively, for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission, are pictured during a trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of their flight. Credit: SpaceX.

jsc2024e005958 (Jan. 12, 2024) --- NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt participates in a training at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before he launches to the International Space Station as pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission in February 2024. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e005956 (Jan. 12, 2024) --- NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt participates in a training at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before he launches as pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011752 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt poses for a photo outside the emergency egress vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Astronauts would use the emergency egress vehicle to quickly leave the launch area in the unlikely event of an emergency. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e070781 (Oct. 4, 2023) --- Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

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

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

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from left to right, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Michael Barratt, pilot; Matthew Dominick, commander; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; are photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a dress rehearsal on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in preparation for the Crew-8 mission. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1.

jsc2024e011735 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011737 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011736 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011734 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011746 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hangar X supports Falcon 9 rocket refurbishment and houses administration offices. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX

A SpaceX launch and entry suit bears an American flag and the name of NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who will serve as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space in Florida is scheduled for 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1, 2024.

jsc2024e011757 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission train outside an emergency egress vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. From left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. Astronauts would use the emergency egress vehicle to quickly leave the launch area in the unlikely event of an emergency. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e011758 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- The crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo at an emergency egress vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Clockwise from top left are, Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps.. Astronauts would use the emergency egress vehicle to quickly leave the launch area in the unlikely event of an emergency. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e050367 (Aug. 10, 2023) --- Crew-8 poses for a group photo after completing its first full week of training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. From left, are Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin from Roscosmos, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all from NASA. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2023e050368 (Aug. 10, 2023) --- Crew-8 poses for a group photo inside the Dragon capsule during their first week of training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. From left, are Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin from Roscosmos, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all from NASA. Credit: SpaceX

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist, wave as they participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-8 launch to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program from Launch Complex 39A is targeted for 12:04 a.m. on Friday, March 1.

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, is suited up to participate in a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. During the CEIT, the astronauts practice launch and docking in a high-fidelity simulator and getting into position inside SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; are photographed in their spacesuits at Launch Complex 39A in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft during a dress rehearsal on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in preparation for the Crew-8 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; are photographed in their spacesuits at Launch Complex 39A in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft during a dress rehearsal on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in preparation for the Crew-8 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1.

jsc2023e047424_alt (Aug. 3, 2023) --- The four crew members representing the SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station pose for an official portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left, are Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin from Roscosmos, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all from NASA.

jsc2023e047425_alt (Aug. 3, 2023) --- The four crew members representing the SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station pose for an official portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left, are Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin from Roscosmos, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all from NASA.

Sarah Walker, director of SpaceX’s Dragon Mission Management, participates in a postlaunch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy at 10:53 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and will spend about six months at the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from left to right, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; pose for a photo during Crew Equipment Interface Test activities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Crew-8 marks the ninth human spaceflight mission supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the eighth crew rotation mission to International Space Station. Crew-8 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than mid-February 2024.

Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, participates in a postlaunch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy at 10:53 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and will spend about six months at the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, hosts a postlaunch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy at 10:53 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and will spend about six months at the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich participates in the NASA Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie participates in the agency’s Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

International Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano participates in the NASA Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participates in the agency’s Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free participates in the agency’s Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Digital content creators pause for a group photo near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A postlaunch news conference is hosted at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. From left to right are Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications; Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Joel Montalbano, manager of NASA’s International Space Station Program; and Sarah Walker, director of SpaceX’s Dragon Mission Management. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy at 10:53 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and will spend about six months at the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A postlaunch news conference is hosted at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. From left to right are Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications; Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Joel Montalbano, manager of NASA’s International Space Station Program; and Sarah Walker, director of SpaceX’s Dragon Mission Management. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy at 10:53 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and will spend about six months at the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.