SpaceX Crew-2 Astronaut Suit-Up

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is seated inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on April 23, 2021. Hoshide, along with NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, will head to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour will launch on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A today at 5:49 a.m. EDT.

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is seated inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on April 23, 2021. Hoshide, along with NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, will head to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour will launch on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A today at 5:49 a.m. EDT.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Album SpaceX_Crew_2
Location O&C Building
AstronautsCCPCommercial Crew ProgramCrew-2ESAESA astronaut Thomas PesquetEndeavourEuropean Space AgencyISSInternational Space StationJAXAJAXA astronaut Akihiko HoshideJSCJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJohnson Space CenterKSCKennedy Space CenterLC-39ALaunch Complex 39ANASANASA astronaut Megan McArthurNASA astronaut Shane KimbroughSpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket