Spacecraft, Rocket for Crew-6 Mission Roll out to Launch Pad at Kennedy

The Dragon Endeavour spacecraft for NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission is shown at SpaceX's hangar at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Feb. 19, 2023. The spacecraft was mated to SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and rolled out to the pad Thursday, Feb. 23. Photo credit: SpaceX

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Dragon spacecraft Endeavour atop, arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A this morning, Feb. 23, after rolling out from the SpaceX integration hangar adjacent to the launch pad.

The spacecraft and rocket will be raised to the vertical position for an integrated static fire test and dry dress rehearsal with the crew prior to launch.

Liftoff of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission is targeted for Monday, Feb. 27, at 1:45 a.m. EST. The mission will fly NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station for up to six months to perform science, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the space station.

More details about the Crew-6 mission can be found in the press kit online and by following the Crew-6 blog, the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on Twitter, and commercial crew on Facebook.

Starting at 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, tune in to a Crew-6 live launch broadcast on NASA TV or the agency's website and follow along through countdown and other key mission milestones.

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