Crew-4 in training

NASA astronauts and Crew-4 crewmembers Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren stand alongside ESA astronaut and Crew-4 crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti. Crew-4 is expected to be launched to the International Space Station in a new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule no earlier than 15 April 2022.

It will be the second space mission for Samantha who first flew to the Space Station for her Italian Space Agency ASI-sponsored Futura mission in 2015.

Crew-4 will be launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.