Crew Access Arm Retracted for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Launch

Crew Access Arm at Kennedy Space Center for Crew-5 launch
The crew access arm completes retraction for launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Credit: NASA

The crew access arm has retracted. Coming up shortly, the Dragon launch escape system will be armed.

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