A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 5:49 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23, 2021, carrying the company’s Crew Dragon Endeavour. Onboard the capsule are NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, spacecraft commander; NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, pilot; ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, mission specialist; and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission crew will dock to Harmony module’s forward-facing international docking adapter of the International Space Station Saturday, April 24, at 5:10 a.m.
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