NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 | International Space Station

Here are the SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts representing NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Crew Photo: From left are, Pilot Robert Hines, Mission Specialists Samantha Cristoforetti and Jessica Watkins, and Commander Kjell Lindgren. Hines, Watkins, and Lindgren are NASA astronauts and Cristoforetti (Italy) is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. Preparations for Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station are underway. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch of the Crew-4 mission Friday, April 15, 2022, to the International Space Station.

The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a project in which NASA is working with business partners to build rockets and spacecraft. The Commercial Crew Program has made it possible for astronauts to launch to space from the United States again. 

Learn more about the Commercial Crew Program (CCP):

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html

Samantha Cristoforetti's Biography (ESA)

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Samantha_Cristoforetti

Jessica Watkins' Biography (NASA)

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jessica-watkins/biography

Kjell Lindgren's Biography (NASA)

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kjell-n-lindgren/biography

Robert Hines' Biography (NASA)

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/bob-hines

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: March 1, 2022

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