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Next NASA SpaceX Commercial Crew International Space Station Launch Set April 15 From 39A at KSC

By  //  March 3, 2022

April 15 is the targeted launch date

April 15 is the target date for the launch of the fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission. (NASA image)

(NASA) – April 15 is the target date of the launch of the fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission.

This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The earliest targeted launch date for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission is Friday, April 15, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The launch will carry three NASA astronauts – Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Robert Hines, and Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, to the space station – as well as ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who will serve as a mission specialist.

This is the first spaceflight for Hines and Watkins. It is the second trip for Lindgren and Cristoforetti.

Following a crew handover period, astronauts from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission are scheduled for return to Earth in April aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance.

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