NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 is photographed inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch on Oct. 5, 2022. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, pilot, and Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist. The crew will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a science expedition mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at noon EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.