ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back left, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, front left, and Shane Kimbrough, front right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT.
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ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back left, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, front left, and Shane Kimbrough, front right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT.