SpaceX Crew-2 Crew Arrival

NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, first, and Megan McArthur, second, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, third, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, are greeted by, from left to right, Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center, Steve Jurczyk, acting NASA Administrator, Frank De Winne, manager, International Space Station Program, ESA, and Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA, at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 6:11 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)