SpaceX Crew-5 Suit-Up & Walkout Rehearsal

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 2, 2022, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-5 launch. In their SpaceX spacesuits are, from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. The crew will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 2, 2022, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-5 launch. In their SpaceX spacesuits are, from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. The crew will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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