International crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center

(1 Oct 2022)
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST CREDIT NASA
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Cape Canaveral, Florida - 1 October 2022
1. Various of SpaceX Crew-5 crewmembers arriving at Kennedy Space Center
ANNOTATION: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 crewmembers arrived Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Crew-5 flight will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the International Space Station. Mann will become the first Native American woman in space. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will join them on the six-month science and technology research mission.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Mann, NASA: ++INCLUDES SHOT ANGLE CHANGES++
"Together as a crew, we we've been training for almost a year, but our preparation has begun long before that. Koichi will be his fifth flight to space and he's been training for three decades. And for Josh and Anna and I, this will be our first flight."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Cassada, NASA:
"It doesn't come easy. It doesn't come easy for anyone. And we just want to thank everyone who has supported us up until today. Everyone who's making this launch happen even on the heels of a hurricane, and everyone who's going to support us every day as part of Expedition 68."
4. Wide of SpaceX Crew-5 crewmembers at Kennedy Space Center
ANNOTATION: NASA and SpaceX will launch the crew on Wednesday aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Endurance.
STORYLINE:
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 crewmembers arrived Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Crew-5 flight will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the International Space Station.
Mann will become the first Native American woman in space.
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will join them on the six-month science and technology research mission.
NASA and SpaceX will launch the crew on Wednesday aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Endurance.
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