NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Prepares for Launch at Kennedy Space Center
Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, mission specialist; are photographed in their spacesuits at Launch Complex 39A in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft
Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, mission specialist; are photographed in their spacesuits at Launch Complex 39A in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft
Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist, wave as they participate in a countdown dress rehearsal
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, as preparations continue for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
From right to left to right, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, Jeanette Epps, pose inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps signs her name inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters
The members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission posed for photos at Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 25, 2024 as part of a pre-launch dress rehearsal. Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, plus Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps—all from NASA will launch no earlier than11:16 p.m. EST Saturday, March 2, 2024 on their SpaceX Dragon “Endeavour” spacecraft via a Falcon 9 rocket.
The weather is only 40% favorable at this time.
Learn more about the SpaceX Crew-8 Mission:
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Official Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jeanette-j-epps/biography
NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick Official Biography
https://www.nasa.gov/people/matthew-dominick
NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt Official Biography
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/michael-reed-barratt/biography
Alexander Grebenkin graduated from Irkutsk High Military Aviation School, Irkutsk, Russia, majoring in engineering, maintenance, and repair of aircraft radio navigation systems. He graduated from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics with a degree in radio communications, broadcasting, and television.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the orbital outpost on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.
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.
Image Credit: SpaceX
Image Dates: Feb. 25-28, 2024
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