NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Thank Kennedy Space Center Employees

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Thank Kennedy Space Center Employees

Crew-4 Employee Event: From left, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren prepare to serve cake to Kennedy Space Center employees during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees

From left, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren take a photo with a Kennedy Space Center employee during an appreciation event

From left, NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines sign posters for Kennedy Space Center employees

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren shakes hands with a Kennedy Space Center employee

The insignia representing the SpaceX Crew-4 mission

NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren thanked Kennedy Space Center employees during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Hines, Watkins, and Lindgren, along with the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Image Date: March 22, 2023

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