NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Prelaunch and Launch Highlights

Featured highlights of the SpaceX Crew-5 prelaunch milestones and launch. NASA astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina are on their way to the International Space Station, following the picture-perfect launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft launched atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida at noon EDT.