SpaceX Crew-5 Vertical & Sunrise. With the beginning stages of a sunrise serving as the backdrop, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket – with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop – is vertical at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Endurance will carry 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 Cre

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SpaceX Crew-5 Vertical & Sunrise. With the beginning stages of a sunrise serving as the backdrop, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket – with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop – is vertical at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 1, 2022, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Endurance will carry 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. Liftoff is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022.

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