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The crew of Crew-7 mission: NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. /NASA
NASA and SpaceX are planning to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station in August.
The earliest targeted launch date for the Crew-7 mission is August 15, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency said on Wednesday.
NASA said a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Crew-7 aboard a Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, which previously flew NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions.
The launch will carry NASA astronaut and mission commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut and pilot Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov as mission specialists.
It will be the first spaceflight for Borisov, who joined the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps. as a test cosmonaut candidate in 2018, according to NASA.
(With input from Xinhua)
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