NASA will highlight the next crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station with a pair of virtual media briefings Wednesday, Oct. 6, and Thursday. Oct. 7.
The first briefing, at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 6, will present an overview of NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 mission and discuss the upcoming crew rotation. This will be followed by a crew news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, with all four crew members.
The briefings, which will take place at the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston, will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website. All media participation in the news briefings and interviews will be remote.
NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 mission will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the space station. The mission is scheduled to launch Saturday, Oct. 30, from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
