Crew-7 crew members NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, pilot; and mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov have arrived at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, where SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, is ready for them to climb in for launch. Liftoff is …
Crew-7 crew members NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, pilot; and mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are on their way to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A after departing the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building across the spaceport. They …
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 flight crew just walked out of the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft. Next stop: Kennedy’s historic Launch Pad 39A.
Crew-7 will conduct new scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and benefit humanity on Earth. Experiments will include the collection of microbial samples from the exterior of the space station, the first study of human response to different spaceflight durations, and an investigation of the physiological aspects of astronauts’ sleep. These are just a few of …
This will be NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli’s first trip into space after being selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. The New York native earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering with information technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Master of Science in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate …
Crew-7 mission crew members NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, pilot; and mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are in the suit room in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. A team …
Below are some key milestones for the Crew-7 mission. Launch is targeted for 3:27 a.m. EDT. 11:07 p.m. Crew weather brief 11:22 p.m. Crew handoff to SpaceX 11:27 p.m. Suit donning and checkouts 12:07 a.m. Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building 12:12 a.m. Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A 12:32 a.m. Crew …
Good evening and welcome to live coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission — the seventh crew rotation flight and the eighth human spaceflight mission on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from historic Launch Complex 39A …
Progress 85P Docking: Following the completion of a 34-orbit rendezvous, 85P successfully docked to the Aft Service Module port last night at 10:45 PM CDT. The crew then performed leak checks, opened hatches, and began unloading cargo. 85P delivered food, fuel, and supplies to the ISS and will be used to reboost the station. Payloads: ISS …
The International Space Station welcomed a new cargo craft overnight as mission managers postponed the launch of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission for 24 hours. The Expedition 69 crew members have begun unpacking the new cargo while servicing a variety of science equipment aboard the orbital lab. Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin went to bed …
