Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations, NASA Headquarters, welcomes the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission after their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Album SpaceX_Crew_4
Location Launch and Landing Facility
Date April 18, 2022
Associate AdministratorAstronautsBarbara NuceraBill NelsonBob CabanaBob HinesCCPCommercial Crew ProgramCrew ArrivalCrew-4ESAESA AstronautsEuropean Space AgencyFreedomISSInternational Space StationJSCJanet PetroJessica WatkinsJohnson Space CenterKSCKSC Center DirectorKathryn LuedersKennedy Space CenterKjell LindgrenLC-39ALLFLaunch Complex 39ALaunch and Landing FacilityNASANASA AdministratorNASA AstronautsNational Aeronautical and Space AdministrationSamantha ChirtoforettiSpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Crew-4SpaceX Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket