#INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION INSIDE SERIES#

“NASA, SpaceX and our international partners have worked tirelessly to ensure that the International Space Station continues conducting important research in microgravity, and working on a whole host of activities that benefit humanity and opens up access to more people in space,” said Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington.

#INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION INSIDE SERIES#

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflettĭuring Dragon’s flight, SpaceX monitored a series of automatic spacecraft maneuvers from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and NASA teams monitored space station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.ĭragon docked autonomously to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module at 7:37 p.m. EDT liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission on April 27, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Crew Dragon atop, soars upward after a 3:52 a.m.

These missions wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated NASA and SpaceX teams here on Earth. “Aboard station, Kjell, Bob, Jessica, and Samantha will carry out research investigations that will help NASA prepare for longer duration stays on the Moon – and eventually Mars. “Liftoff! The past few days at Kennedy Space Center have been inspiring and busy with the return of the Axiom crew and now the successful launch of Crew-4 astronauts to the International Space Station,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

The crew will conduct a science expedition in microgravity aboard the space station. Credit: NASA/Joel KowskyĪ SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, and Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, all NASA astronauts, and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti onboard, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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