SpaceX Crew-7 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

For SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 26 August 2023, at 07:27 UTC (03:27 EDT). The “Endurance” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on 27 August 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon previously supported two missions: Crew-3 and Crew-5. Credit: NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Crew-7 and Falcon 9 landing SpaceX Crew-7 launch (mission control audio) #CrewDragon #Crew7