NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Image Gallery: Prelaunch | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Image Gallery: Prelaunch | International Space Station

NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada are going to the International Space Station no earlier than Oct. 3, 2022, alongside their crewmates, Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan), and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos (Russia) via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft.

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot. 

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot; and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander.

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander; and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot.

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann (left) and Josh Cassada are photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Crew-5 Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann

SpaceX Crew-5 Pilot Josh Cassada of NASA

Clockwise from top left are, Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, both from NASA; Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Clockwise from top left are, Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, both from NASA; Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Astronaut Josh Cassada Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/josh-a-cassada

Astronaut Nicole Mann Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nicole-a-mann

Astronaut Koichi Wakata Official JAXA Biography

https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/wakata-koichi/

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina Roscosmos Info

Anna Yuryevna Kikina (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Кикина, born August 27, 1984, in Novosibirsk) is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. She is the only woman cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos. [Wikipedia]

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Credit: SpaceX 

Image Dates: April 3-July 20, 2022

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