NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Overview | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Overview | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is carrying NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos (Russia) to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on August 26, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the company’s seventh crew rotation mission for NASA. 

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to International Space Station

On August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance embarked on a journey to the International Space Station. Watch the full coverage of their launch from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

Andreas Mogensen of Denmark serves as pilot and has become the first European to take that role. He is sitting next to Crew-7's commander and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. Andreas is responsible for the spacecraft’s performance and systems. Accompanying them are mission specialists Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan) and Konstantin Borisov from Roscomos (Russia).

Andreas’s Huginn mission officially begins when Endurance docks with the Station. The name Huggin, which translates to ‘thought’ and traces back to the raven of Norse god Odin, symbolizes the raven's pursuit of knowledge. Similarly, Andreas is embarking on this mission to gather scientific information.

Aboard the International Space Station, Andreas’ tasks will include monitoring 3D-printing metal objects with a European Space Agency (ESA) printer and controlling a group of robots on Earth from the European Columbus module.

For more about Andreas and his Huginn mission, visit the Huginn mission page: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn

00:00 - 01:10 Lift-off

01:10 - 02:45 MAX-Q

02:45 - 03:18 First stage separation

03:18 - 05:00 First look at the Crew-7 inside Crew Dragon spacecraft

05:00 - 05:59 Booster landing

Video Credits: European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA/SpaceX

Duration: 6 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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Meet NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli: SpaceX Crew-7 Commander

Meet NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli: SpaceX Crew-7 Commander

Meet your Crew-7 commander, Jasmin Moghbeli, the New York native making her first trip into space after being selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Moghbeli earned her bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering with information technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Moghbeli has 2,000 hours of flight time in over 25 different aircraft. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland.

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

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli/biography

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 10 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

For SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET. 

The “Endurance” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on August 27, 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon previously supported two missions: Crew-3 and Crew-5.

Image Credits: NASA/SpaceX

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

For SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on August 27, 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon previously supported two missions: Crew-3 and Crew-5.

Credit: NASA/SpaceX

Duration: 6 minutes, 39 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa stand in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance.

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 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 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, 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/SpaceX

Image Capture Dates: Aug. 21-24, 2023

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

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

From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Russia), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and Crew-7 commander

European Space Agency astronaut and Crew-7 pilot Andreas Mogensen of Denmark

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and Crew-7 mission specialist Satoshi Furukawa

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Crew-7 mission specialist Konstantin Borisov (Russia)

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

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 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, 2023, 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: Aug. 23, 2023

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The Webb Space Telescope Captures a Cosmic Ring | This Week @NASA

The Webb Space Telescope Captures a Cosmic Ring | This Week @NASA

Our Webb Space Telescope captures a cosmic ring, the team behind our upcoming Psyche mission, and the unique thing about a star that was ripped apart by a black hole . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 38 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's Second Static Fire Test in Texas

SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's Second Static Fire Test in Texas

Replay of Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's second static fire. Test starts at 8 minute mark. SpaceX conducted a static-fire test of their Starship Super Heavy Booster 9 on Aug. 25, 2023. The test was conducted at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX briefly ignited the booster's 33 Raptor engines while anchored to the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas.

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket—collectively referred to as Starship—represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry up to 150 metric tonnes to Earth orbit reusable, and up to 250 metric tonnes expendable.

Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program.

Key Starship Parameters:

Height: 120m/394ft

Diameter: 9m/30ft

Payload to LEO: 100 – 250+ t (orbit dependent)

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF): 

https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Duration: 11 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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Esto es lo que debes saber sobre los objetos cercanos a la Tierra | NASA

Esto es lo que debes saber sobre los objetos cercanos a la Tierra | NASA

Cuando un asteroide o cometa se acerca a nuestro planeta, lo llamamos objeto cercano a la Tierra. Pero, ¿qué tan cerca es cerca? ¿Cómo hacemos seguimiento de ellos? ¿Qué podemos hacer para mitigar nuestro riesgo? Tenemos las respuestas.  Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre los objetos cercanos a la Tierra.

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: A Raven's Flight | Week of Aug. 25, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: A Raven's Flight | Week of Aug. 25, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what is happening aboard the International Space Station. An uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 85 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s aft port of the Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT, Aug. 24, 2023. The spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket at 9:08 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 22 (6:08 a.m. Baikonur time on Aug. 23) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Progress has delivered almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 69 crew.

The spacecraft will remain at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, then undock for a destructive, but safe re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 29 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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Expedition 70 International Space Station Crew: Final Training at Star City, Russia

Expedition 70 International Space Station Crew: Final Training at Star City, Russia

Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos (Russia) and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara conducted final qualification training August 21 and 22, 2023, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for their upcoming International Space Station mission. Their backups, cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, joined them for the training sessions. Kononenko, Chub, and O’Hara are scheduled to launch Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

Astronaut Loral O’Hara Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 9 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 23, 2023

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Descends to the Moon's Surface | ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Descends to the Moon's Surface | ISRO

The descent of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover (Pragyan) onto the lunar surface on August 23, 2023, was observed by a camera oboard the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander (Vikram).

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 24, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-7 mission, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

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 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: Aug. 23, 2023

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Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Sample: Melyn | NASA/JPL

Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Sample: Melyn | NASA/JPL

Meet one of the Martian samples that has been collected and is awaiting return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign. As of early August 2023, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has collected and sealed 20 scientifically selected samples inside pristine tubes. The next stage is to get them back for study.

Considered one of the highest priorities by the scientists in the Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, Mars Sample Return would be the first mission to return samples from another planet and provides the best opportunity to reveal the early evolution of Mars, including the potential for ancient life. NASA is teaming with the European Space Agency (ESA) on this important endeavor.

Learn more about Sample No. 19–“Melyn,” the first sample the rover collected after climbing up onto the ancient delta formation in Mars’ Jezero Crater. The rocks in this area were deposited in an ancient river environment, as opposed to the rover’s earlier samples from the ancient lakebed. Due to a type of mineral called carbonate found in this rock, scientists believe this sample could be well-suited to record the signatures of past water history on Mars. 

Read about all the carefully selected samples: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples

Learn more about the Mars Sample Return campaign: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr 

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover characterizes the planet's geology and past climate, paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and is the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Duration: 1 minute, 23 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 23, 2023

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European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Pilot

European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Pilot

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, in the run-up to the International Space Station launch. Crew-7 consists of European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, taking the role of Dragon spacecraft pilot, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is commander, Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan) and Konstantin Borisov from Roscomos (Russia) are mission specialists. 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.

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 video shows scenes of Crew-7 arriving at the Kennedy Space Center, during launch rehearsal, and Andreas Mogensen training for his mission in space.

Andreas and Crew-7 will launch in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance from launch pad 39A. This is the launch pad for all crewed flights of SpaceX to the International Space Station, and was previously used for the Shuttle and Apollo missions.

As pilot of Crew-7, Andreas he will take one of the two middle seats next to commander Jasmin Moghbeli and monitor the Dragon’s systems and performance during the journey to the International Space Station.

When the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance docks with the International Space Station, Andreas’s Huginn mission starts. Meaning ‘thought’ and originating from the raven of the Norse god Odin, the name brings together the story of the raven Huginn flying into the world to gather information, just as Andreas will go to International Space Station and collect information for science. The Huginn mission is Andreas’s second spaceflight to the International Space Station after his 10-day ‘iriss’ mission in 2015.

Andreas Mogensen Official European Space Agency Biography

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Andreas_Mogensen

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 22, 2023

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