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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch (Official NASA Broadcast in 4K)

Watch live with us as a crew of four launch on NASA's SpaceX #Crew7 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 UT...

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Crew-7

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1081 - Landing Zone 1

SpaceX Crew-7 is the seventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Telemetry

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Updates

Nosu • Aug. 26, 2023, 7:48 a.m.

Successful launch of Crew Dragon Endurance and the Crew-7 astronauts towards the International Space Station.


Nosu • Aug. 26, 2023, 7:27 a.m.

Liftoff


hitura-nobad • Aug. 26, 2023, 4:04 a.m.

T-0 Accurate to the second.


LL2 • Aug. 26, 2023, 3:30 a.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 25, 2023, 3:01 a.m.

24 hours slip.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1081

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: August 26, 2023
Last Flight: March 15, 2025
Flights: 13
Landings Attempted: 13
Landings Successful: 13

Landing Information

B1081 has successfully landed back at the launch site after its first flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

Crew Dragon Endurance


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 4 Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: C210

Crew Dragon spacecraft used for the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station.

Crew Dragon 2 Details

Crew


Jasmin Moghbeli

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: June 24, 1983
Age: 41

Andreas Mogensen

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( ESA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Nov. 2, 1976
Age: 48

Konstantin Borisov

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Aug. 14, 1984
Age: 40

Satoshi Furukawa

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( JAXA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: April 4, 1964
Age: 61

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 484 Failures: 14 Pending: 119

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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