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

From left, Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations, NASA Headquarters; Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro; and Barbara Nucera, ESA (European Space Agency) Houston Office team leader, greet the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission after their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. From left are NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. Crew-4 will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.