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Added on the 23/04/2021 09:25:42 - Copyright : France 24 EN
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks to astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley as the historic SpaceX-NASA mission is set to proceed on schedule, although uncertainty remains over weather conditions just hours before takeoff. IMAGES
Astronauts who will be blasting off on Thursday for China's first manned mission to its new space station meet the media. The mission will be China's longest crewed space mission to date and the first in nearly five years. IMAGES
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission astronauts arrive at the Kennedy Space Center. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, are scheduled to head to the International Space Station on April 22. IMAGES
Four astronauts are strapped into the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" ready to take a trip to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover , Mike Hopkins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi are part of the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. IMAGES
Four astronauts bid farewell to their families ahead of their launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. IMAGES
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos arrive at the International Space Station. IMAGES