NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage

One of the Tesla Model X cars that will carry NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A is photographed at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on Oct. 5, 2022. The license plate tag reads “blast off.” NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, and Josh Cassada, pilot; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft lifted off at noon EDT.