Next Stop: Historic Launch Complex 39A

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin, departed Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and are now on their way across the spaceport to Launch Pad 39A.

After waving to family, friends, and the support team members gathered to see them off on their journey, the Crew-8 crew climbed into their customized Tesla Model X vehicles for the 20-minute ride to the launch pad.

The crew’s vehicles are traveling in the middle of a convoy that includes support team members and security personnel. At the launch site, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, stand ready for the crew’s arrival.