NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage

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