SpaceX Crew-5 Vertical & Sunrise

In view here is a closeup of SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft, sitting atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022, as the Sun begins to rise. 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.

In view here is a closeup of SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft, sitting atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022, as the Sun begins to rise. 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.

Photographer SpaceX
Album SpaceX_Crew_5
Location SLC-39A
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