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Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station arrive at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron speak to members of the news media. The crew will enter quarantine at the center’s Crew Quarters as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT on Oct. 31 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.