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Airman 1st Class Michelle Jenkins, 73th Air Mobility Squadron air freight journeyman, drives a K-loader trailer containing life saving equipment to support the NASA Human Space Flight Crew 2 return and Space Flight Crew 3 launch if required at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS supported the NASA Human Space Flight and the 45th Operations Group by uploading emergency rescue equipment needed during launch, flight and landing operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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Airman 1st Class Madison Brantley, 647th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight team member, uses a ratchet strap to secure cargo onto a K-loader trailer to support the NASA Human Space Flight Crew 2 return and Space Flight Crew 3 if needed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS uploaded life-saving rescue equipment to ensure it is ready at a moment’s notice to safeguard astronauts taking off and returning to Earth from the International Space Station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Martinez, 647th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight supervisor, loads a jetski onto a K-loader trailer to support the NASA Human Space Flight Crew 2 return and Space Flight Crew 3 if required at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS uploaded life-saving rescue equipment to ensure it is ready at a moment’s notice to safeguard astronauts taking off and returning to Earth from the International Space Station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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Tech. Sgt. Christopher Taylor, 647th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight supply section chief, drives a K-loader trailer containing life saving equipment to support Space Flight Crew 2 return and Space Flight Crew 3 landing and launch if required at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS supported the NASA Human Space Flight and 45th Operations Group by uploading emergency rescue equipment needed during launch, flight and landing operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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Airmen from the 647th Logistics Readiness Squadron move cargo onto loading trucks to support the NASA Human Space Flight Crew 2 and Crew 3 landing and launch if required at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS supported NASA by uploading life-saving equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III ensuring the aircraft and equipment was ready to assist astronauts during launch, flight and landing operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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Airmen supporting NASA Space Flight Crew

Published Nov. 3, 2021
By Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airman 1st Class Michelle Jenkins, 73th Air Mobility Squadron air freight journeyman, drives a K-loader trailer containing life saving equipment to support the NASA Human Space Flight Crew 2 return and Space Flight Crew 3 launch if required at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2021. The 647th LRS supported the NASA Human Space Flight and the 45th Operations Group by uploading emergency rescue equipment needed during launch, flight and landing operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

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