NASA’s Crew-7 mission launches four astronauts to the ISS

Space X launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center carrying four astronauts on NASA’s Crew-7 mission into orbit to the International Space Station (ISS).

The mission carried Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furakawa, and Konstantin Borisov, a Russian cosmonaut. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, autonomously docked with the ISS bringing the the station’s crew number up to 11.

The three members of the previous NASA mission, Expedition 69, will return to Earth in a few days.

“Aboard station,” says NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, “the crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations to prepare for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, all while benefitting humanity on Earth.”