NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launch Dress Rehearsal | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launch Dress Rehearsal | Kennedy Space Center

Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, left,  European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, second from left, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits

An international crew is preparing to launch to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (commander), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen (pilot) of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos (Russia) will perform research technology demonstrations, science experiments, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-7 mission launch, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch no earlier than 3:49 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017.

Mogensen will be the spacecraft pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the first non-US astronaut assigned in this capacity. This will be the first long-duration mission for Mogensen. He previously served as a flight engineer on a ten-day mission to the International Space Station in 2015. Crew-7 will be his second trip to space.

Learn more about the Crew-7 mission here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Image Capture Date: August 22, 2023

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