SpaceX Crew-2 Crew Arrival

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide answers a question from media after he and his crew mates, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, center, and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, right, arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 6:11 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)