Nexus News Network | NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Day 1 Highlights - Oct. 5, 2022

Welcome to an exciting journey beyond Earth! NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts embarked on a thrilling adventure on Wednesday, October 5th, at 12 p.m. EDT. The awe-inspiring launch took place at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Their destination? The International Space Station, where they will embark on the fifth commercial crew rotation mission aboard the microgravity laboratory.

Powered by the mighty SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Crew Dragon spacecraft carried a remarkable crew comprising NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Ros cosmos cosmonaut Anna Kirina. Their mission: to conduct groundbreaking science experiments during their long duration stay on the space station.

Stay tuned for an incredible moment on Thursday, October 6th, at 4:57 p.m. EDT when the Crew Dragon spacecraft, aptly named 'Endurance,' will autonomously dock to the forward port of the station's Harmony module.

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