SpaceX Crew-7 was the seventh crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the eleventh overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission launched on 26 August 2023.[1] The Crew-7 mission transported 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 was the first non-American to serve as a pilot of Crew Dragon.[4]
.jpg) Endurance launches to the ISS with Crew-7 onboard | |
| Names | USCV-7 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-128A |
| SATCAT no. | 57697 |
| Mission duration | 199 days, 2 hours, 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 |
| Members | |
| Expedition | Expedition 69 / 70 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 August 2023, 07:27:27 UTC (3:27:27 am EDT)[1][2] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1081.1), Flight 249 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan |
| Landing date | 12 March 2024, 09:47 UTC (5:47 am EDT) |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida |
| 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, 4 minutes |
 Mission patch  From left: Borisov, Mogensen, Moghbeli and Furukawa | |
Crew
edit| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Jasmin Moghbeli, NASAExpedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight | |
| Pilot |  Andreas Mogensen, ESAExpedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 |  Satoshi Furukawa, JAXAExpedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Konstantin Borisov, RoscosmosExpedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight | |
| References:[5][6][7][8][9][10] | ||
| Position[11][12] | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Matthew Dominick, NASA
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| Pilot | Michael Barratt, NASA
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| Mission Specialist 1 | Jeanette Epps, NASA
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| Mission Specialist 2 | Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos
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Mission
editThe 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]
One week after the arrival of Crew-8, Crew-7 undocked from the ISS, returning to Earth by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida on March 12, 2024.[14]
Gallery
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Crew Dragon Endurance after splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Falcon 9 Block 5 - SpaceX Crew-7". Next Spaceflight. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b Sempsrott, Danielle (24 August 2023). "NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Now Targeting Saturday, Aug. 26". NASA Blogs. NASA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Herridge, Linda (13 July 2023). "NASA, SpaceX Provide Crew-7 Hardware Operations Status". NASA Blogs. NASA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (12 March 2024). "Crew-7 returns to Earth". SpaceNews. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
