From left to right, Crew-2 mission astronauts Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Megan McArthur (NASA), Shane Kimbrough (NASA) and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA), arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16, 2021. The astronauts departed by plane from Ellington Field near the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, making the short flight and touching down at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility. The astronauts are set to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff is targeted for 6:11 a.m. on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.
Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Album SpaceX_Crew_2
Location Launch & Landing Facility (LLF)
Date April 16, 2021
AstronautsBob CabanaCCPCommercial Crew ProgramCrew ArrivalCrew-2ESAESA astronaut Thomas PesquetEndeavourEuropean Space AgencyFrank de WinneISSInternational Space StationJAXAJAXA astronaut Akihiko HoshideJSCJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJohnson Space CenterJunichi SakaiKSCKennedy Space CenterLC-39ALLFLaunch Complex 39ALaunch and Landing FacilityNASANASA astronaut Megan McArthurNASA astronaut Shane KimbroughSpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Falcon 9 RocketSteve Jurzczyk