NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agencys SpaceX Crew-4 mission, which will send astronauts to the International Space Station.
The launch is targeted for 3:52 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 27, from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Freedom by the missions crew, is scheduled to dock to the space station at 8:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 27.
Prelaunch activities, launch, and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website.
The Crew-4 flight will carry 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).
The mission is the fourth crew rotation to fly on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, and the fifth SpaceX flight with NASA astronauts including the Demo-2 test flight in 2020 to the space station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.
