NASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission

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	February 03, 2022  MEDIA ADVISORY M22-020 NASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission crew-4.jpg NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts participate in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 mission specialist Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert Hines, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Crew-4 mission specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy. Credits: NASA NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. Targeted to launch April 15, Crew-4 will carry an international crew of four astronauts to the microgravity laboratory for a six-month stay. Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at:  https://www.nasa.gov/live Participants in the briefing include: Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Joel Montalbano, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX To participate in the teleconference, media must contact: ksc-newsroom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx no later than one hour prior to the event for dial-in information. Crew-4 will be the fourth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system and its fifth flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew -end-
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