SpaceX Crew-1 Astronaut Arrival at LLF

Representatives from NASA participate in a media event at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, upon the arrival of NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in advance of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Participants include: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. Launch is currently targeted for 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, name Resilience by the Crew-1 astronauts, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.