Crew 9 Final Preparations Set To Begin.

The NASA/SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts have arrived at Kennedy Space Center.

They will now begin final preparations for their upcoming flight aboard a Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon to the International Space Station, slated to launch no earlier than Thursday, September 26th at 02:05 PM EDT.

They were greeted by Kelvin Manning, deputy director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, and Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program as well as a large contingent of reporters.

After answering questions from the press, Hague and Gorbunov left to enter quarantine at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at KSC. They will also complete a dry dress rehearsal of the mission, align their resting and waking periods to match mission requirements, and practice other launch and free-flight procedures that will be needed during the early part of their mission.