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SpaceX's Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station in photos

  • ️Samantha Mathewson
  • ️Sat Apr 17 2021
SpaceX's second operational astronaut flight, Crew-2, is set to launch to the International Space Station on April 22. Crew-2 includes NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and  Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut  Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Crew-2 is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:11 a.m. EDT (1011 GMT) on April 22 aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, carried by a Falcon 9 rocket.
(Image credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX Crew-2

SpaceX's second operational astronaut flight, Crew-2, is set to launch to the International Space Station on April 22. Crew-2 includes NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and  Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut  Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. 

Crew-2 is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:11 a.m. EDT (1011 GMT) on April 22 aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, carried by a Falcon 9 rocket. Click the arrow at right for more photos from the astronaut mission.

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Samantha Mathewson

Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News. When not writing or reading about science, Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter @Sam_Ashley13.