NASA @NASA_8K 's SpaceX Crew 7 Postlaunch News Conference Aug 26, 2023

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👉Following Crew-7's successful launch, mission experts take questions from the media at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Participants include:
- Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy
- Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president, JAXA
- Josef Aschbacher, director general, ESA

👉NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifted off from Kennedy at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 UTC) on Saturday, Aug. 26. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are traveling to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a several-month science expedition. Docking is currently scheduled for approximately 8:39 a.m. EDT (1239 UTC) on Sunday, Aug. 27.

👉Read more about the launch and the Crew-7 mission:
Watch NASA's Crew-7 launch coverage:

• NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch (Official...

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