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    What Do Astronauts Listen to While Riding in a Tesla to Their Rocket?

    The Crew-2 mission patch.

    Here is a sample of the Crew-2 playlists: First car (Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur): “Learn to Fly” by the Foo Fighters, “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, and “City of Blinding Lights” by U2. Second car (Thomas Pesquet and Akihiko Hoshide): “Drops of Jupiter” by Train, “Paradise City” by Guns and …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Arrive at the Launch Site

    NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, have arrived at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, where the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Endeavour, is ready for them to climb in for launch. Liftoff is slated for 5:49 a.m. EDT. In the next few …

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    Crew-2 Astronauts Ready for their Ride to Launch Pad 39A

    The Crew-2 astronauts walk out the double doors to board their Tesla's for the ride to Launch Complex 39A on April 23, 2021

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts just walked out of the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way out to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft. Next stop: Kennedy’s historic Launch Pad 39A.

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    Crew-2 Astronauts Suiting Up for Mission

    Crew-2 astronauts suit up in their SpaceX spacesuits in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23, 2021.

    Crew-2 mission astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet are in the suit room in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. A team of SpaceX suit technicians will help them …

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    Crew-2 Astronauts Handed off to SpaceX

    The crew for the second long-duration SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2, are pictured during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Thomas Pesquet of the (ESA (European Space Agency); Pilot Megan McArthur of NASA; Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA; and Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

    Crew-2 astronauts have received their weather briefing. The NASA team that has worked with Commander Shane Kimbrough, Pilot Megan McArthur, and Mission Specialists Akihiko Hoshide with JAXA, and Thomas Pesquet with ESA, throughout their quarantine at Kennedy Space Center has handed over the astronauts to the team of SpaceX suit technicians, who will help them …

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    A Look at Today’s Key Milestones for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission

    The Crew-2 mission patch.

    Below are some key milestones for today’s Crew-2 mission. Launch is targeted for 5:49 a.m. EDT. 1:29 a.m. Crew weather brief 1:39 a.m. Crew handoff 1:49 a.m. Suit donning and checkouts 2:29 a.m. Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building 2:34 a.m. Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A 2:54 a.m. Crew arrives at …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Coverage Starts Now!

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunrise on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-2 mission, Thursday, April 22, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Good morning and welcome to live blog coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission — the second crew rotation flight and the first with two international crew members on a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the space station. Launch is scheduled for 5:49 a.m. EDT from the historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Here …

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    Station Astronauts Relax Before SpaceX Crew Launches

    The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour sits atop the Falcon 9 rocket during a sunset at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

    Five Expedition 65 astronauts are off-duty today relaxing one day before four Commercial Crew astronauts launch toward the International Space Station. The orbiting lab’s two cosmonauts focused on Russian science and life support maintenance tasks throughout Thursday. NASA Commander Shannon Walker and Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Mark Vande Hei of NASA including …

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