HOUSTON (NASA PR) – Two press conferences on Thursday, March 31, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the organization’s upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be the last NASA crew rotation flight involving a US merchant spacecraft carrying astronauts. The agency will hold a press conference with an overview of the mission at 10:30 a.m. EDT and a crew press conference at noon. Both press conferences will be broadcast live on NASA television, on the NASA application and on the organization’s website. The Crew-4 mission will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to be launched Tuesday, April 19, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants in the briefing include: 10:30 a.m. Mission overview News interview
Kathryn Lueders, Associate Administrator, Space Operations Mission, Headquartered in NASA, Washington Steve Stich, Director, Commercial Crew Program, Johnson Joel Montalbano, Director, NASA International Space Station Program, Johnson Jessica Jensen, Senior Manager, Operations and Customer Integration, SpaceX Frank De Winne, Director, International Space Station Program, ESA
Meridian crew news interview
Kjell Lindgren, NASA astronaut, spacecraft commander Bob Hines, astronaut, NASA pilot Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut, mission specialist Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut, mission specialist
2 p.m. Crew interview opportunities
Crew-4 astronauts will be available for a limited number of interviews
This will be Lindgren’s second space flight since becoming an astronaut in 2009. As commander of the mission, he will be responsible for all phases of the flight, from launch to re-entry. He will serve as an Expedition 67 flight engineer at the station. The mission will be Hines’s first flight since being selected as an astronaut in 2017. As a pilot, he will be responsible for the spacecraft’s systems and performance. At the station, he will serve as an Expedition 67 flight engineer. Watkins will make its first space trip and as a mission specialist will work closely with the pilot and pilot to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of the flight. Once on board, he will become a flight engineer for Expedition 67. Cristoforetti will make its second spaceflight and will also serve as a mission specialist, working to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of the flight. He will be a flight engineer for Expedition 67. Follow Lindgren, Hines and Cristoforetti on Twitter. Follow Lindgren, Hines and Watkins on Instagram. Learn more about the NASA Commercial Crew Program at:
