jsc2021e048162 (Oct. 26, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Raja Chari from NASA boards NASA's Gulfstream V research aircraft preparing to depart from Ellington Field in Houston for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He and fellow Crew-3 astronauts, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, both from NASA, and Matthias Maurer from ESA (European Space Agency) plan to launch on Oct. 31, 2021, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
Photographer ROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC
Date October 26, 2021