NASA said Friday it aims no earlier than April 22 to launch another SpaceX spacecraft that will take this trip Akihiko Hoshide from Japan and three other astronauts to the International Space Station.
This is the third flight to the ISS with the Crew Dragon capsule, developed by US company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The previous flight, known as the Crew-1 mission, took place in November, carrying three NASA astronauts and Soichi Noguchi from Japan. .
Soichi Noguchi (L) and his colleague are shown on a spacecraft, doing work outside the International Space Station on March 5, 2021. (Photo courtesy of NASA) (Kyodo)
Accompanying the upcoming Crew-2 mission, which it will take from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will be Hoshide, 52, two NASA astronauts and an astronaut from the European Space Agency, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA had previously stated that the launch would not be earlier than April 20th.