Meet the astronauts on the NASA, SpaceX Crew-2 mission By FOX 35 News Staff Published Photo from NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Four astronauts, two of which are from international space agencies, embarked on NASA and SpaceX's Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The Crew-2 flight lifted off on time at 5:49 a.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. LIVE COVERAGE: Here is a breakdown of each astronaut and their experience. SHANE KIMBROUGH Shane Kimbrough is a NASA astronaut. Prior to this, the space agency said that Kimbrough was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and became an Army aviator. He spent time in Operation Desert Storm, as an attack helicopter platoon leader, aviation liaison officer, attack helicopter battalion operations officer, and Apache helicopter commander.