SpaceX Crew-4 Access Arm is Retracted from Dragon Spacecraft

After a successful "GO for launch" decision, the Crew Access Arm is retracted from the SpaceX Crew-4 Dragon spacecraft at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. The Crew-4 flight will carry Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, and Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, all NASA astronauts, and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) on the Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Freedom by the mission’s crew. The Crew-4 astronauts are preparing for a 3:52 a.m. EDT launch to the International Space Station on the Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket.