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09/28/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/28/2024 12:21

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 News Conference at 3 p.m. EDT

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Photo credit: NASA

The SpaceX spacecraft carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist,to the International Space Station has safely reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened.

A postlaunch news conference will be held at 3 p.m.EDTat the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the following participants:

  • NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy
  • Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
  • Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy
  • Dina Contella, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson
  • Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX

NASA will air the postlaunch news conference on NASA+and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA contentthrough a variety of platforms, including social media.