Josef Aschbacher at the Crew-4 pre-launch conference

Josef Aschbacher, ESA's Director General of ESA, speaks to members of the media during a press conference ahead of the Crew-4 launch.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission is the fourth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti launched at 09:52 CEST on April 27 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.