NASA Hosts Virtual Media Event for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 Mission

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 flight will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, mission commander, Tom Marshburn, pilot, and Kayla Barron, mission specialist and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, also a mission specialist will participate in a virtual media event at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 8 a.m., in advance of their mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch is currently targeted for 2:21 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 31. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance by the Crew-3 astronauts, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.