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Artemis I, Crew-4, & Starlink Rockets on the Pad

"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on April 21, 2022. On the right, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard sits atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, while on the left at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, as preparations continue for the agency’s Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station."

Date: April 21, 2022

Meet Crew-4: Robert Hines

Bob Hines was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported to the Astronaut Office in August 2017. He has served more than 21 years in the United State Air Force (USAF) as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and a test pilot. Before his selection in 2017, he was serving as a Research Pilot at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He has accumulated more than 3,500 hours of…

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Arrive at Kennedy Space Center

The astronauts who will launch this week to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission arrived today, April 18, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to undergo final preparations before launch. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, landed at the Launch and…

NASA, SpaceX Continue Planning for Crew 3 & 4 Launches, Next Crew Rotation Missions to International Space Station

NASA and SpaceX are continuing plans to launch Crew-3 astronauts to the International Space Station as early as Sunday Oct. 31, and targeting the return home of Crew-2 astronauts in the early-to-mid November timeframe. With a view of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at left, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23,…