Representatives from NASA participate in a media event at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, upon the arrival of NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin in advance of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Participants include: Jennifer Kunz, associate director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; and Dana Hutcherson, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch is currently targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Crew-8 pilot, delivers remarks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Barratt, along with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2024.

Photographer NASA Kim Shiflett

Album SpaceX_Crew_8

Location LLF

Date February 26, 2024

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Arrival at Kennedy Space Center