NASA Set To Launch SpaceX Crew-2 Mission on April 22 with 4 Astronauts onboard

NASA Set To Launch SpaceX Crew-2 Mission on April 22 with 4 Astronauts onboard

• The US space agency NASA has planned to launch its SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station on April 22, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• The Crew-2 mission will have four astronauts on board SpaceX Crew Dragon. They will include
• Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, who will serve as the mission’s spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively.
• Apart from this, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut-Akihiko Hoshidea and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomasa Pesquet, will serve as mission specialists to the space station.
• This mission is the second of the six certified, crew missions of NASA, and SpaceX, as a part of the Commercial Crew Programme of NASA.
• The Crew-2 astronauts will remain aboard the space station for approximately six months as expedition crew members, along with three crewmates who will launch via a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.