NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Preparing for Launch at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Preparing for Launch at Kennedy Space Center

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from left to right, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Michael Barratt, pilot; Matthew Dominick, commander; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, mission specialist; are photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a dress rehearsal on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in preparation for the Crew-8 mission.

    Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from left to right, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia are photographed in their SpaceX spacesuits

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX launch and entry suit bears an American flag and the name of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, who will serve as one of two mission specialists for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt is photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX launch and entry suit bears an American flag and the name of NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who will serve as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX launch and entry suit bears an American flag and the name of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, who will serve as the commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission

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:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-8/ 

    

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 Credits: SpaceX

Release Date: Feb. 25, 2024

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