NASA will host two media briefings Monday, Sept. 26, in preparation for the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.
NASA and SpaceX continue to target 12:46 p.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 3, for launch of the agencys Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Themissionwill carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, who will serve as mission commander and pilot, respectively, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, who will serve as mission specialists.
These crewmates will travel to the space station for a six-month science and technology research mission. Plans also continue to return NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts following a short handover on the space station with Crew-5.
