NASA Hosts Media Event for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 Mission -- Crew Arrival at LLF

Representatives from NASA participate in a media event at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 26, upon the arrival of 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, in advance of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Participants include: Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator; Janet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; Frank de Winne, manager, International Space Station Program, ESA, NASA astronauts Raja Chari, mission commander, Tom Marshburn, pilot, and Kayla Barron, mission specialist and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, also a mission specialist. 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 historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.