SpaceX Crew-2 Preflight (NHQ202104230004).jpg

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English: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as the countdown continues for the launch of the Crew-2 mission, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur,ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Español: Falcon 9 previo a su lanzamiento en la misión SpaceX Crew-2.

Date

23 April 2021, 00:13:40

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NASA/Joel Kowsky

Joel Kowsky
Description	American photographer
Authority control	: Q71582571

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Date and time of data generation	00:13, 23 April 2021
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Headline	SpaceX Crew-2 Preflight
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Short title	SpaceX Crew-2 Preflight
Copyright holder	(NASA/Joel Kowsky)For copyright and restrictions refer to - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
Image title	A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as the countdown continues for the launch of the Crew-2 mission, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur,ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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Special instructions	MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) AFS 8/101 - Permanent
Original transmission location code	NHQ202104230004
Date metadata was last modified	20:36, 22 April 2021
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Keywords	Cape Canaveral Commercial Crew Program Crew Dragon Crew-2 Crew-2 Preflight ESA (European Space Agency) Falcon 9 Florida Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Kennedy Space Center Launch America Launch Complex 39A SpaceX
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Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX Crew-2

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A

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12,800

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0.125 second

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2.8

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24 millimetre

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