NASA's SpaceX Falcon rocket booster on drone ship

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Falcon 9 rocket booster used for NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 launch sitting atop the autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS), named Just Read the Instructions (JRTI), as it is towed into Port Canaveral by the SpaceX multi-purpose recovery ship Doug on the 8th October 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission launched on the 5th of October 2022 to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.

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