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SpaceX Crew-2 Crew News Conference

International Space Station International Space Station Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2 Expedition 66

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts will answer media questions about their time aboard the International Space Station as they prepare to return to Earth later this month.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 23, 2021, 9:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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SpaceX Crew-2 is the second crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It used the same Falcon 9 first stage as the Crew-1 mission and the same Crew Dragon capsule as the Demo-2 mission (Endeavour).

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