SpaceX Crew-7

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]

SpaceX Crew-7

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	Jasmin Moghbeli Andreas Mogensen Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov
Expedition	Expedition 69 / 70
Start of mission
Launch date	26 August 2023, 07:27:27 (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 (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 Commercial Crew Program ← SpaceX Crew-6 SpaceX Crew-8 → Crew Dragon flights ← Axiom Mission 2 Axiom Mission 3 →

Crew

Prime crew

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA Expedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight
Pilot	Andreas Mogensen, ESA Expedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA Expedition 69 / 70 Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Konstantin Borisov, Roscosmos Expedition 69 / 70 First spaceflight
References:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Backup crew

Position[11][12]	Astronaut
Commander	Matthew Dominick, NASA
Pilot	Michael Barratt, NASA
Mission Specialist 1	Jeanette Epps, NASA
Mission Specialist 2	Alexander Grebenkin, Roscosmos

Mission

The 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

SpaceX Crew-7

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  Crew-7 astronauts prior to launch
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  Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endurance vertical on Launch Complex 39A in Florida
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  Crew Dragon Endurance docked to the ISS
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  Crew Dragon Endurance after splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico

References

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