SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance arrives at rocket hangar in awesome photos

By Chelsea Gohd
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SpaceX's Endurance Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at the hangar ahead of the Crew-3 launch.
SpaceX's Endurance Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at the hangar ahead of the Crew-3 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX's Endurance spacecraft has arrived at the hangar, ready for launch.

This Halloween (Oct. 31), SpaceX's latest crewed launch to the International Space Station will lift off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:21 a.m. EDT (0621 GMT). The mission will send four astronauts off on a six-month journey in space. Launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the crew will travel to the station in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance.

Ahead of the liftoff, Endurance arrived at the hangar last night (Oct. 25) amidst final launch preparations. Below, you can see its arrival at the hangar in stunning new photos.

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The mission's commander, rookie NASA astronaut Raja Chari shared the photos on Twitter, stating "Endurance is in the hangar @NASAKennedy #Crew3 will be headed there tomorrow for roll out to meet our ride and get ready for our Halloween launch to join @NASA_Astronauts on the @Space_Station."

Crew-3 pilot and veteran NASA astronaut Thomas H. Marshburn shared the photo below of Endurance on Twitter. 

"Endurance has arrived at the Hangar! We can't wait to ride this @SpaceX Dragon to the @Space_Station in a few days..." he said.

SpaceX's Endurance Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at the hangar ahead of the Crew-3 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX)

While Endurance readies for launch, so does its crew. Crew-3 will see Marshburn launch alongside rookie NASA astronauts Chari and Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.

The crew showcased their joy and excitement ahead of launch in some photos below.

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The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission for NASA strike a pose in their launch suits ahead of their Oct. 31, 2021 launch. They are: (from left) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot; Raja Chari, commander; and Kayla Barron, mission specialist.
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission for NASA strike a pose in their launch suits ahead of their Oct. 31, 2021 launch. They are: (from left) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot; Raja Chari, commander; and Kayla Barron, mission specialist. (Image credit: SpaceX)

The four astronauts will spend six months aboard the space station living and working. You can follow them along on their journey and watch the crew launch live right here at Space.com.

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Chelsea Gohd
Chelsea Gohd
Senior Writer

Chelsea “Foxanne” Gohd joined Space.com in 2018 and is now a Senior Writer, writing about everything from climate change to planetary science and human spaceflight in both articles and on-camera in videos. With a degree in Public Health and biological sciences, Chelsea has written and worked for institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine and Live Science. When not writing, editing or filming something space-y, Chelsea "Foxanne" Gohd is writing music and performing as Foxanne, even launching a song to space in 2021 with Inspiration4. You can follow her on Twitter @chelsea_gohd and @foxannemusic.