SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Matthias Maurer departs from Ellington Field in Houston to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
jsc2021e048160 (Oct. 26, 2021) — SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Matthias Maurer from ESA (European Space Agency) boards NASA’s Gulfstream V research aircraft preparing to depart from Ellington Field in Houston to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He and fellow Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, all from NASA, plan to launch on Oct. 31, 2021, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.