LIve NASA and SpaceX to launch their second Crew Dragon mission to ISS

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission is scheduled to blast off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the Crew Dragon capsule atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, April 23.

The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock at the space station the next day, April 24, at about 05:10 EST (09:10 GMT).

The Crew-2 flight will carry NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur - who will take the roles of mission’s spacecraft commander and pilot - along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency’s astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who will serve as mission specialists to the ISS. 

This is the second crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Last year it carried NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to and from the ISS for the Demo-2 test flight. Mandatory credit: NASA TV