NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 say goodbye to friends and family after exiting the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 5, 2022. From left are Mission Specialists Anna Kikina, Roscosmos cosmonaut, and Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, and Josh Cassada, pilot. They will board two Tesla vehicles for the trip to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, where they will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon


NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 say goodbye to friends and family after exiting the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 5, 2022. From left are Mission Specialists Anna Kikina, Roscosmos cosmonaut, and Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, and Josh Cassada, pilot. They will board two Tesla vehicles for the trip to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, where they will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at noon EDT.


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