A planned early Friday morning launch of Crew-7 was scrubbed. NASA says everything is working fine, but says they need more time to make sure it’s safe. In particular, the team wants to conduct further analysis of the Dragon capsule’s environmental control and life support system. The system supplies clean air and water to the crew on board the spacecraft. The next launch opportunity is at 3:27 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, where the Dragon crew capsule ‘Endurance’ sits atop its powerful Falcon 9 rocket, ready for liftoff with the promise of changing the future of space travel. The NASA SpaceX Crew-7 mission consists of four astronauts from four different space agencies, a first for a commercial crew program. NASA’s Jasmine Mokbeli will command, the European Space Agency’s Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen will serve as the pilot, and the mission specialists will be Russian Konstantin Borisov and Japanese Satoshi Furukawa from the countries’ respective agencies. “Even astronauts can’t really know tens. Thousands of people dedicate their lives to their protection. So everything is double- and triple-, quadruple-checked,” said Nicole Jordan with NASA’s Commercial Group program. More than 80 new science probes will be working with them to the International Space Station, joining hundreds of others already in the team. The space lab will pay special attention to the impact of zero gravity on the human body. It’s part of a broader study of deep space exploration.” When we think about dangers like radiation and isolation, microgravity is one of the big dangers. “So LEO, or low Earth orbit, the International Space Station is a fantastic analog for understanding what we need to build,” said Kirstin Fabe of NASA’s Human Exploration Program. A successful launch test ended Tuesday morning. The new Launch Control Center at the SpaceX HangarX complex was certified this week. and will be used for the first time on the Crew-7 mission. The new center will allow all SpaceX and NASA commercial launch managers to be closer together than in the previous facility at NASA LCC. They will now all be in the same room. “At the new HangarX LLC, we can all be in the same room. The Engineer Control Room, also known as the Engineering Palace, is what SpaceX refers to. But it’s a tight-knit team,” said Jarrell Lawrence, program manager for NASA’s Commercial Group. The team hopes preparations for Friday’s pre-dawn liftoff will go smoothly. “It’s really a comfortable feeling for everyone. Talk to each other if there are any issues we need to work on or if there’s anything in particular we want to see when it comes to crew safety,” explained Jarell Lawrence, program manager for the NASA Commercial Group. Look forward to watching this historic NASA SpaceX Crew-7 mission and stay up to date on all the latest developments, you can watch live coverage on WESH.com. With real-time streaming and comprehensive coverage of liftoff, crew activities and mission updates, we’ll give you a front-row seat to this exciting event.
A planned early Friday morning Crew-7 launch was scrapped.
NASA says everything is working fine, but they need more time to make sure it’s safe. In particular, the team wants to conduct further analysis of the Dragon capsule’s environmental control and life support system.
The system supplies clean air and water to the crew on board the spacecraft.
The next release opportunity is Saturday at 3:27 AM
At Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, the Dragon crew capsule ‘Endurance’ sits atop its powerful Falcon 9 rocket, ready for liftoff with the promise of changing the future of space travel.
The NASA SpaceX Crew-7 mission consists of four astronauts from four different space agencies, a first for a commercial crew program. NASA’s Jasmine Mokbeli will command, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency will serve as the pilot, and Russian Konstantin Borisov and Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa will be mission experts from the respective countries’ respective agencies.
“Even astronauts can’t truly know the tens of thousands of people who dedicate their lives to their safety. So everything is double and triple and quadruple checked,” said Nicole Jordan with NASA’s Business Team Program.
Going with them to the International Space Station are more than 80 new science probes, along with hundreds of others already in the space lab with crews working on them.
Special attention will be given to the effect of zero gravity on the human body. It is part of a broader study of deep space exploration.
“When we think about risks like radiation and isolation, microgravity is one of those big risks. So LEO, or Low Earth Orbit, is a great analog for understanding what we need to prepare for, the International Space Station,” said Kirstin of NASA’s Human Exploration Program. Fab said.
The successful missile rehearsal ended on Tuesday morning. A new launch control center at SpaceX’s HangarX complex was certified this week and will be used for the first time on the Crew-7 mission. The new center will allow all SpaceX and NASA commercial launch managers to be closer together than the previous facility at the NASA LCC. They will all be in the same room now.
“At the new HangarX LLC, we can sit in the same room with everyone. The Engineer Control Room, also known as the Engineering Palace, is what SpaceX refers to. But it has a tight team,” said Jarrell Lawrence, NASA’s Commercial Group program mission manager.
The team is hopeful that steps forward will go smoothly for Friday’s pre-dawn liftoff.
Jarell Lawrence, program manager for NASA’s Business Group, explained: “If there’s any issue we need to work on or anything in particular when it comes to crew safety, it’s a comfortable feeling that everyone can talk to each other.
Where to Watch Crew-7 Release Online
For those interested in witnessing this historic NASA SpaceX Crew-7 mission and staying up-to-date on all the latest developments, you can watch live on WESH.com. With real-time streaming and comprehensive coverage of liftoff, crew activities and mission updates, we’ll give you a front-row seat to this exciting event.
