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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, answers a question from media as crew mate NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough looks on, after they arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hoshide, Kimbrough, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet are scheduled to launch at 6:11 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.