SpaceX Crew-7
![]() Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endurance lift off from Launch Complex 39A with the Crew-7 astronauts aboard | |
Names | USCV-7 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2023-128A |
SATCAT no. | 57697![]() |
Mission duration | 199 days, 2 hours and 19 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endurance |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Mitglieder | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 August 2023, 07:27:27UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1081.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | Megan (ship) |
Landing date | 12 March 2024, 09:47 UTC |
Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith[3] |
Docking date | 27 August 2023, 13:16 UTC |
Undocking date | 11 March 2024, 15:20 UTC |
Time docked | 197 days, 2 hours and 4 minutes |
![]() SpaceX Crew-7 mission patch ![]() (L-R) Borisov, Mogensen, Moghbeli and Furukawa |
SpaceX Crew-7 is the seventh crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eleventh overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 26 August 2023.[1] The Crew-7 mission is transporting four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), consisting of one NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, one ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, one JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. Mogensen is the first non-American to serve as a pilot of Crew Dragon.[4]
Crew
Position[5][6] | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() Expedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Expedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() Expedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() Expedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() | |
Pilot | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() |
Mission
The seventh SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched on 26 August 2023.[1][2]
The European segment of the mission is called Huginn, named after the raven from Norse mythology of the same name.[13]
Gallery
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Crew-7 astronauts prior to launch
References
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- ^ "JAXA Satoshi Furukawa". JAXA humans in space. JAXA. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Moghbeli, Mogensen Named to SpaceX Crew-7 Mission - AmericaSpace". AmericaSpace. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Danielle, Sempsrott (24 August 2023). "NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Go for Launch to Space Station". NASA Blogs. NASA. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "NASA astronaut from Long Island set to make 1st trip to space". ABC7 New York. ABC USA. 13 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen set to return to space". ESA. 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Medics find Russian cosmonauts fit for flying on Crew Dragon to ISS". TASS. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Космонавт Борисов отправится на МКС на американском корабле" [Cosmonaut Borisov will travel to the ISS on an American spacecraft]. РИА Новости (in Russian). 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "В ЦПК состоялась совместная тренировка дублирующих экипажей" [A joint training of backup crews took place at the GCTC] (in Russian). Roscosmos. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "К перекрёстным полётам Роскосмоса и NASA добавили одну миссию" [One more mission has been added to the joint flights of Roscosmos and NASA]. IXBT.com (in Russian). 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "The Huginn mission – an overview". ESA. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.