Inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Nicole Mann don their spacesuits ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch on Oct. 5, 2022. Cassada and Mann, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, 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
Album SpaceX_Crew_5
Location O&C Building (Crew Quarters)
Date October 5, 2022
Anna KikinaAssociate AdministratorAstronautsBill NelsonBob CabanaCCPCommercial Crew ProgramCosmonautCrew-5EnduranceISSInternational Space StationJAXAJSCJanet PetroJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJohnson Space CenterJosh CassadaKSCKSC Center DirectorKennedy Space CenterKoichi WakataLC-39ALaunch Complex 39ANASANASA AdministratorNASA AstronautsNational Aeronatical and Space AdministrationNicole MannRoscosmosSpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Crew-5SpaceX Dragon SpacecraftSpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket