SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop on Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on the 1st of October 2022, ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Endurance launched on the 5th of October to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The crew onboard this mission were NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, commander; Josh Cassada, pilot; and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.