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Dragon Endeavour Mated To Falcon 9 Launcher

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
April 18, 2021
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Dragon Endeavour Mated To Falcon 9 Launcher
Dragon Endeavour Mated To Falcon 9 Launcher
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, named Endeavour, is lifted and mated to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A beginning April 13, 2021.
Endeavour was transported to the Launch Complex 39A integration hangar on April 12, after making the trek from its processing facility at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and??Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide,?and ESA astronaut Thomas?Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission. Liftoff is set for Thursday, April 22, at 6:11 a.m. EDT.

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