SpaceX Crew-7

SpaceX Crew-7 is the seventh crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eleventh overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 26 August 2023. The Crew-7 mission is transporting 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 is the first non-American to serve as a pilot of Crew Dragon.

SpaceX Crew-7
Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endurance vertical on Launch Complex 39A in Florida.
NamesUSCV-7
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2023-128A
SATCAT no.57697
Mission duration172 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes (in progress)
180 days (planned)
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
Start of mission
Launch date26 August 2023, 07:27:27 UTC
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1081.1)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing dateQ1 2024 (planned)
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking date27 August 2023, 13:16 UTC
Undocking dateMarch 2024 (planned)
Time docked5 months and 18 days (in progress)
180 days (planned)

SpaceX Crew-7 mission patch

(L-R) Borisov, Mogensen, Moghbeli and Furukawa
 
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