NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, from left, Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti stand outside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during a dry dress rehearsal on April 20, 2022. Named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon will carry the astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff, powered by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, is targeted for no earlier than 4:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Crew-4 will be the first spaceflight for Hines and Watkins and the second flight for Lindgren and Cristoforetti.
Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Album SpaceX_Crew_4
Location O&C (Astronaut Crew Quarters)
Date April 20, 2022
ACQAstronaut Crew QuartersAstronautsBob HinesCCPCommercial Crew ProgramCrew-4Crew-4 Astronauts International Space StationESAESA AstronautsEuropean Space AgencyFreedomISSJSCJessica WatkinsJohnson Space CenterKSCKennedy Space CenterKjell LindgrenLC-39ALaunch Complex 39ANASANASA AstronautsNational Aeronautical and Space AdministrationSamantha ChirtoforettiSpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Crew-4SpaceX Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket