NASA and SpaceX are transferring nearer to the launch of Crew 7 to the Worldwide Area Station as Crew Dragon has arrived at Launch Advanced 39A to be hooked up to the Falcon 9 second stage.
The launch is at present scheduled only one week from now, on August twenty fifth, and is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. ET (07:49 UTC). The Crew has already begun their quarantine to make sure they don’t get sick or convey any diseases as much as the Area Station and are scheduled to reach in Florida on August twentieth.
Crew-7’s Dragon arrived at Pad 39A in Florida forward of its third mission to the @space_station. As groups put together to launch Crew-7 and safely convey Crew-6 residence, the Crew-8 astronauts accomplished their first week of coaching in California pic.twitter.com/BpEc6k6ZSj
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 17, 2023
This would be the third flight for Crew Dragon Endurance after beforehand launching the Crew 3 and Crew 5 missions to the Worldwide Area Station. A number of extra duties have to be accomplished earlier than launch, comparable to attaching the photo voltaic panels to the trunk, which offers energy to the capsule, it additionally serves as an additional storage space however just isn’t normally used throughout crew missions.
Crew 7 will characteristic NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (Mission Commander), European Spacey Company astronaut Andreas Mogensen (Pilot), Japan Aerospace Exploration Company astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (Mission Specialist), and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Mission Specialist).
After launching from Kennedy Area Heart, the Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the Area Station ~23 hours afterward Saturday, August twenty sixth.
As for the Falcon 9 launching Crew 7, it’ll be a rookie, Booster 1081. B1081 went by way of a full-duration static hearth take a look at marketing campaign on the McGregor Take a look at Facility in Texas earlier than arriving in Florida. Often, SpaceX will full one other a lot shorter static hearth at Launch Advanced 39A a few days earlier than launch, particularly for a crewed mission to make sure the booster performs nominally throughout launch.
If this launch isn’t delayed, SpaceX may launch 3 Falcon 9 rockets subsequent week.
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