SpaceX Crew-7

SpaceX Crew-7
Endurance launches to the ISS with Crew-7 onboard
NamesUSCV-7
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2023-128A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.57697Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration199 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Endurance
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass12,519 kg (27,600 lb)
Landing mass9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 69 / 70
Start of mission
Launch date26 August 2023, 07:27:27 (26 August 2023, 07:27:27) UTC (3:27:27 am EDT)[1][2]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1081.1), Flight 249
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Recovered byMV Megan
Landing date12 March 2024, 09:47 (12 March 2024, 09:47) UTC (5:47 am EDT)
Landing siteGulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony zenith[3]
Docking date27 August 2023, 13:16 UTC
Undocking date11 March 2024, 15:20 UTC
Time docked197 days, 2 hours, 4 minutes

Mission patch

From left: Borisov, Mogensen, Moghbeli and Furukawa

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]

  1. ^ a b "Falcon 9 Block 5 - SpaceX Crew-7". Next Spaceflight. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "JAXA Satoshi Furukawa". JAXA humans in space. JAXA. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.