"We wish you a great mission," SpaceX launch engineer Jack Healy told the crew minutes before liftoff. "Good luck and enjoy the ride." | Above: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet OF France, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of Japan await the launch of their NASA commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, within the Crew Dragon capsule of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 23, 2021
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