
Crew-9 astronauts (L-R) Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia and NASA astronaut Nick Hague interact with family and friends as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on September 28, 2024. The rocket is scheduled to launch at 1:17 p.m. EDT to the International Space Station.

From left to right: NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia arrive at Kennedy Space Center's Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility — the runway once used for space shuttle landings to prepare for launch to the International Space Station on September 21, 2024.


Crew-9 astronauts (L-R) Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia and NASA astronaut Nick Hague interact with family and friends as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on September 28, 2024. The rocket is scheduled to launch at 1:17 p.m. EDT to the International Space Station.
Falcon 9 • Crew 9
09/28/2024























































