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. Greeting the crew, from left, are Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator; Janet Petro, Kennedy director; and Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station, JAXA. 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.