The NASA/SpaceX Crew-7 mission successfully lifted off this morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, to the International Space Station (ISS), where the crew will perform various experiments and replace Crew-6.
The takeoff of the Endurance spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center took place, as scheduled, at 03:27 this Saturday (08:27 in Lisbon), and according to NASA specialists, the docking to the ISS and the Departure of the Astronauts will only take place on Sunday.
The launch of the Crew-7 mission, the seventh manned mission of the US space administration to the ISS, was initially scheduled for 03:50 (08:50 Lisbon time) on Friday, but was postponed until early this morning. Saturday. , and NASA did not advance the reasons for the postponement.
The Crew-7 mission is commanded by astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, selected by NASA in 2017, and Andreas Mogensen, from the European Space Agency (ESA), while astronauts Satoshi Furukawa, from the Japanese agency JAXA, and Konstantin Borisov, from the Russian Roscosmos. .
Source: TSF
