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From left to right, Crew-2 mission astronauts Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Megan McArthur (NASA), Shane Kimbrough (NASA) and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA), arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16, 2021. The astronauts departed by plane from Ellington Field near the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, making the short flight and touching down at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility. The astronauts are set to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff is targeted for 6:11 a.m. on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy