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Representatives from NASA participate in a NASA Social Live event at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, in advance of NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Participants are, from left, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, Kennedy Deputy Director Kelvin Manning, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and moderator Joshua Santora, NASA Communications. Launch is currently targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 31. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance by the Crew-3 astronauts, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Crew-3 flight will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, mission commander, Tom Marshburn, pilot, and Kayla Barron, mission specialist and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, also a mission specialist, to the space station for a six-month science mission.