NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Pad Visit | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Pad Visit | Kennedy Space Center

The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission poses for a photo wearing their matching Crew-7 patch polo shirts during a training with SpaceX. Form left to right: Konstantin Borisov (Russia), Andreas Mogensen (Denmark), Jasmin Moghbeli (USA), and Satoshi Furukawa (Japan).

Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA astronaut and commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Konstantin Borisov, a Russian cosmonaut and mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Andreas Mogensen, a Danish astronaut and pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan) is an astronaut and mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 crew are pictured during a training session at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will be the spacecraft commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the agency’s seventh rotational mission to the International Space Station. This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will join European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia and astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 

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.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)/NASA's Johnson Space Center

Image Capture Date: July 22, 2023

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