August 8, 2023 Displayed inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission.

August 8, 2023 Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Artemis II standing in front of the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will carry the astronauts to orbit the moon. From left to right: Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist.

August 8, 2023 Displayed inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis IV mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits on Launch Complex 39A (LC-39) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Mar. 31, 2025, ahead of the scheduled Fram2 launch. The first all-civilian mission crew of four will be making history as the first human spaceflight mission to fly over the Earth’s poles during their multi-day mission. The civilian crew consists of cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur Chun Wang as the mission commander, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, vehicle pilot Rabea Rogge, and mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips. They are set to launch aboard the Dragon capsule at 9:46 p.m. EDT on Mar. 31, 2025, with 3 backup launch opportunities within the approximate 4.5-hour window.

Crew-10 astronauts in a group hug after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Mar. 7, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Mar. 12, 2025, from Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to the International Space Station.

(L-R) NASA astronaut NICHOLE AYERS, Roscosmos cosmonaut KIRILL PESKOV, NASA astronaut ANNE MCCLAIN, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut TAKUYA ONISHI pose for a photo after their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Mar. 7, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Mar. 12, 2025, from Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-10 astronauts lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Mar. 14, 2025, at 7:03 p.m. EDT. The rocket is on its way to the International Space Center.