SpaceX Crew-7 explained

SpaceX Crew-7
Names List:USCV-7
Mission Type:ISS crew transport
Operator:SpaceX
Manufacturer:SpaceX
Crew Size:4
Crew Expedition:Expedition 69 / 70
Launch Date:UTC (3:27:27amEDT)[1] [2]
Launch Rocket:Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1081.1)
Landing Date:UTC (5:47amEDT)
Landing Site:Gulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Low Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:51.66°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Harmony zenith[3]
Docking Date:27 August 2023, 13:16UTC
Undocking Date:11 March 2024, 15:20UTC
Insignia:SpaceX Crew-7 logo.png
Insignia Caption:Mission patch
Crew Photo:SpaceX crew 7 crew portrait.jpg
Crew Photo Caption:From left: Borisov, Mogensen, Moghbeli and Furukawa
Programme:Commercial Crew Program
Previous Mission:SpaceX Crew-6
Next Mission:SpaceX Crew-8
Programme2:Crew Dragon flights
Previous Mission2:Axiom Mission 2
Next Mission2:Axiom Mission 3

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]

Mission

The seventh SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched on 26 August 2023.[1] The European segment of the mission is called Huginn, named after the raven from Norse mythology of the same name.[5]

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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Falcon 9 Block 5 - SpaceX Crew-7 . 25 August 2023 . Next Spaceflight . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825052007/https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6879 . 25 August 2023 . live .
  2. Web site: Sempsrott . Danielle . NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Now Targeting Saturday, Aug. 26 . NASA Blogs . . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825052311/https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/2023/08/24/nasas-spacex-crew-7-now-targeting-saturday-aug-26/ . 25 August 2023 . 24 August 2023 . live.
  3. Web site: Herridge . Linda . NASA, SpaceX Provide Crew-7 Hardware Operations Status . NASA Blogs . . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825055501/https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/2023/07/13/nasa-spacex-provide-crew-7-hardware-operations-status/ . 25 August 2023 . 13 July 2023 . live.
  4. Web site: JAXA Satoshi Furukawa . 2022-05-24 . JAXA humans in space . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824135418/https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/furukawa-satoshi/ . 24 August 2023 . live .
  5. Web site: The Huginn mission – an overview . . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708113942/https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_Huginn_mission_an_overview . 8 July 2023 . 22 May 2023 . live.
  6. Web site: Foust . Jeff . 2024-03-12 . Crew-7 returns to Earth . 2024-03-12 . SpaceNews.