NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Falcon 9 Rocket Prelaunch | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Falcon 9 Rocket Prelaunch | Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 mission, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A during a brief static fire test ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A during a brief static fire test ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A 

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina are scheduled to launch no eartlier than 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, 2022, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. 

Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Image Date: Oct. 2, 2022

#NASA #Space #ISS #Roscosmos #JAXA #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Rocket #SpacexCrew5 #CrewDragon #Astronauts #NicoleMann #JoshCassada #KoichiWakata #Cosmonaut #YuryevnaKikina #Roscosmos #Роскосмос #HumanSpaceflight #Expedition68 #Japan #日本 #Russia #Россия #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #UnitedStates #Science #STEM #Education