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NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch

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Claire A. O'Shea

Public Affairs Specialist

Jul 05, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORYM23-083

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s seventh rotational mission of a SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 portrait.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 portrait. The Crew-7 mission will carry NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. Credits: NASA/Bill Stafford and Robert Markowitz

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s seventh rotational mission of a SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station.

The earliest targeted launch date for the NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is Tuesday, Aug. 15, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The launch of Dragon, named Endurance, will carry NASA astronaut and mission commander Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and pilot Andreas Mogensen, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov as mission specialists. This is the first spaceflight for Moghbeli and Borisov, and second flight for Mogensen and Furukawa.

Following a handover period, crew members from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are scheduled for return to Earth aboard their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft named Endeavour.

Media accreditation deadlines for the Crew-7 launch are as follows:

  • U.S. media and U.S. citizens representing international media must apply by 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, July 31
  • International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 12

All accreditation requests should be submitted online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

For questions about accreditation, please email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.

If you have special logistical requests, such as space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections, please send your request to: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov by Tuesday, July 18.

For other questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom at 321-867-2468.

Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425.

For launch coverage and more information about the mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

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Joshua Finch / Lora Bleacher
Headquarters, Washington
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Leah Cheshier
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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