NASA Hosts Media Event for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022. From left are Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; and Anna Kikina, mission specialist. The crew will head to the center’s Crew Quarters as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-5 is the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the sixth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022. From left are Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; and Anna Kikina, mission specialist. The crew will head to the center’s Crew Quarters as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-5 is the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the sixth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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