Four astronauts from four countries are about to take a long journey into space.
The SpaceX Crew-7 mission will be launched to the International Space Station no later than Friday (25 August) at 3:49 a.m EDT (0749 GMT) It has four astronauts on board. The launch timing may change due to weather or technical factors.
You can watch live feed On the NASA YouTube channel it begins Thursday (24 August) It’s 11:45 p.m. EST (0345 GMT Friday, August 25). The video will continue until the SpaceX Crew Dragon reaches orbit.
Crew 7 includes NASA astronaut Yasmine Mokbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
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What is the launch date for Crew-7 with 4 astronauts on board?
NASA plans to run live feed On the agency’s YouTube channel Thursday (August 24) at 11:45 PM EST (0345 GMT Friday, August 25). The broadcast will continue until Crew Dragon is introduced into Earth’s orbit.
While the video will then stop, the audio will continue On the NASA YouTube channel Even docking with the International Space Station. The video will then resume on the main NASA YouTube channel 12:15 a.m. EST (0415 GMT) on Saturday, August 27. Again, this timing may change depending on how the job is going.
Can I watch the Crew-7 launch online?
You can watch live feed on the NASA YouTube channel, which also appears at the top of this article, starting at Thursday (August 24) at 11:45 PM EST (0345 GMT Friday, August 25).
The exact broadcast duration is unknown at this time, as it depends on the mission and its progress. Things can change quickly, but we’ll keep you posted on major events.
Who rides on Crew-7?
Four astronauts will be riding on Crew-7, each from a different country.
The group includes NASA astronaut Yasmine Mokbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Moqbali and Borisov are making their first flight, which will see Moqbali become the second Iranian-American in space after the first female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari. (Ansari visited the ISS herself in 2006.) Mogensen and Furukawa have been to space once each, and they have also stayed on the ISS.
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