The Stars My Destination: Crew-7 Launch

The Space Age
In the wee hours of this morning, 26 August 2023, Spacecraft Commander Jasmin Moghbeli (N.A.S.A.), Pilot Andreas Mogensen (E.S.A.), Mission Specialist 1 Satoshi Furukawa (J.A.X.A.), & Mission Specialist 2 Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos) lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance (Dragon C210) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The quartet are expected to dock with the International Space Station tomorrow, Sunday, 27 August, to begin their six-month mission to the orbital laboratory.

Furukawa is a veteran of a previous spaceflight (Soyuz TMA-02M & Expeditions 28/29, 2011), as is Mogensen (ascent Soyuz TMA-18M/descent Soyuz TMA-16M & ten days aboard the I.S.S., 2015); Moghbeli & Borisov are rookies.

Crew-7 is the third flight of the Endurance.

Bonus! Space Age Song o' the Day: Crew-7 & the Endurance
They Might Be Giants, "Seven" from Here Comes the 123s (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary:

"We want cake!
Where's our cake?…"

The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
2020
Demo-2 Launch & Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch, Crew-1 Relocation, & Crew-1 Splashdown
2021
Crew-2 Launch & Crew-2 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch & Crew-3 Splashdown
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch & Crew-4 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch & Crew-5 Splashdown
2023
Crew-6 Scrub & Crew-6 Launch

Godspeed, Crew-7!