NASA Hosts Media Event for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. From the front are NASA astronaut Bob Hines, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins. Not in the photo is NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. The crew will enter quarantine at the center’s astronaut crew quarters as they await launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022, from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-4 is the fourth crew rotation flight to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.