Live launch coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission, beginning with astronaut suit-up inside the iconic Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout building and continuing through launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. The SpaceX Crew Dragon, Endeavour, launched at 5:49 a.m. EDT Friday, April 23, on a Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Crew Dragon Commander Shane Kimbrough, Pilot Megan McArthur, and Mission Specialists Thomas Pesquet and Akihiko Hoshide. Endeavour is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station at 5:10 a.m. EDT Apr. 24.
Photographer NASA/Tony Gray & Kevin O'Connell
Album SpaceX_Crew_2
Location Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A)
Date April 23, 2021
NASAKSCKennedy Space CenterJSCJohnson Space CenterJAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyESAEuropean Space AgencySpaceXCommercial Crew ProgramCCPCrew-2International Space StationISSAstronautsNASA astronaut Shane KimbroughNASA astronaut Megan McArthurJAXA astronaut Akihiko HoshideESA astronaut Thomas PesquetLaunch Complex 39ALC-39ASpaceX Falcon 9 RocketSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftEndeavour