Key Takeaways
- The SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket toward the ISS.
- Jasmin Moghbeli leads a diverse crew that includes astronauts from ESA, JAXA, and Roscosmos.
- The launch was delayed from its original August 15 schedule due to technical and weather considerations.
Washington: The SpaceX Crew-7 mission aboard a Dragon spacecraft named Endeavour has been launched on Saturday.
It is headed for the International Space Station (ISS), according to NASA’s live broadcast.
The launch took place at 3:27 a.m. US East Coast time (07:27 GMT).
The launch, initially planned for August 15, has already been postponed several times.
The Crew-7 mission carries NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, NASA previously confirmed.
