NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Post-Launch News Conference

A postlaunch news conference for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is held inside the News Auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 5, 2022. Participants are, from left: Megan Cruz, moderator, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy; Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson Space Center; Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX; Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate; and Sergei Krikalev, executive director, Human Space Flight Programs, Roscosmos. SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance is carrying 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. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at noon EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.