NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage

Inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, is shown in his SpaceX spacesuit ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch on Oct. 5, 2022. Wakata, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, and Josh Cassada, pilot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft lifted off at noon EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, is shown in his SpaceX spacesuit ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch on Oct. 5, 2022. Wakata, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, and Josh Cassada, pilot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft lifted off at noon EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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