(ANSA) - ROMA, 23 APR - epa09154576 The SpaceX Crew-2 mission
lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 23 April 2021. NASAs SpaceX
Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX
Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International
Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. On
the mission fly astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur
(both NASA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA), and Thomas Pesquet (ESA).
Launch date delayed from 22 April 2021 due to unfavorable
weather conditions forecast. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH
CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/ (ANSA).