SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop, rolls out of the company’s horizontal processing facility on its journey to Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022, for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Endurance will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022.
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