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NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Launches to International Space Station

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The crew members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station noon EDT Wednesday, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The crew members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station noon EDT Wednesday, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • The international crew will serve as the agency's fifth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.
  • "During their stay aboard the International Space Station, Crew-5 will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies on printing human organs in space and better understanding heart disease.
  • This is the sixth SpaceX flight with NASA astronauts including the Demo-2 test flight in 2020 to the space station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program .