April 30, 2024

International Collaboration: ESA, NASA, JAXA, Roscosmos Unite for SpaceX’s Crew-7 Mission

SpaceX Crew-7 is prepared for launch later on in the summertime of 2023 and will have NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as leader, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen as pilot, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov as mission experts. In addition to Andreas and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli who were currently announced as Crew-7 pilots, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov will take 2 seats in SpaceXs Crew Dragon. JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa was picked as an astronaut in 1999 and finished his training in 2001. He will be a mission expert on Crew-7 in summertime 2023, where he will fly with ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to the International Space Station. Jasmin Jaws Moghbeli is NASA astronaut and Commander of Crew-7.

This is SpaceX Crew-7 with all four crewmembers sitting in the Crew Dragon Endurance that will fly them to the International Space Station. From left to best it is Konstantin Borisov from Roscosmos, Andreas Mogensen from ESA, Jasmin Moghbeli from NASA and Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceXs Crew-7, consisting of astronauts from ESA, NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos, will fly to the ISS this summer season. Led by Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, the team consists of the very first European SpaceX Crew Dragon pilot, Andreas Mogensen, and objective professionals Satoshi Furukawa and Konstantin Borisov.
The final 2 crewmembers of Crew-7, for which ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is the pilot, have actually been revealed. They will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) later this summer season.
SpaceX Crew-7 is planned for launch later on in the summer season of 2023 and will have NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as leader, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen as pilot, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov as objective professionals. The spot has a dragon on top of Earth, calling out to Crew Dragon with its tail wrapped around Earth, signifying the focus to benefit for Earth in the mission.
In addition to Andreas and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli who were currently revealed as Crew-7 pilots, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov will take two seats in SpaceXs Crew Dragon. They will both be objective professionals on Crew-7, which is led by Jasmin as commander of Crew-7. Andreas will be the very first European pilot on SpaceXs Crew Dragon, where he will be accountable for the Crew Dragons systems and performance, blazing a trail and representing Europe into space.

They will release together from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, and the 4 of them will stay around six months on the Space Station, performing science and keeping the station as part of Expeditions 69 and 70.
JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa was selected as an astronaut in 1999 and finished his training in 2001. In 2011, he flew in a Soyuz spacecraft to the Space Station for a 165-day objective as part of Expedition 28 and 29. He will be an objective specialist on Crew-7 in summertime 2023, where he will fly with ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA
Satoshi
Satoshi Furukawa was chosen as an astronaut in 1999 and finished his training in 2001. He has a doctorate in medicine, focusing on intestinal surgical treatment. He is a competent objective professional with NASA, a flight engineer for Soyuz launches and took part in the 13th exploration NEEMO, remaining 10 days in an underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida.
In 2011, he flew in a Soyuz spacecraft to the Space Station for a 165-day objective as part of Expedition 28 and 29 and has actually given that 2014 been head of JAXAs Space Biomedical Research Group, focusing on promoting research in area medication.
Konstantin Borisov is an astronaut from Roscosmos that will fly to the International Space Station as part of Crew-7, where he will be an objective professional. Credit: Roscosmos/ESA/NASA
Konstantin
The fourth seat will be filled by Konstantin Borisov, who was selected for astronaut training in 2018. He has two Masters, one in Science in Operations Research and Systems Analysis and another in Aircraft structure. This will be Konstantins first journey to area.
Jasmin Jaws Moghbeli is NASA astronaut and Commander of Crew-7. Her and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will sit in the Crew-dragon, where Andreas will be the pilot of the Crew Dragon. Credit: NASA
Jasmin
Jasmin “Jaws” Moghbeli is the Commander of Crew-7, taking duty of all phases of the flight, from launch to reentry. She began her astronaut training in 2017 and has actually worked on developing the Human Landing System, the lander for the Artemis program that will take people to the surface of the Moon.