The Crew-7 mission of the NASA y SpaceX successfully took off this Saturday morning from the Kennedy Space Centerin Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA.)), aboard the Endurance ship and heading to the International Space Station (ISS), where the crew will carry out various experiments and will take over from Crew-6.
The takeoff was carried out, as planned, at 3:27 local time today (7:27 GMT) from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
After separation, the first stage of the Falcon 9 landed in Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, as could be seen in a live broadcast.
As detailed by NASA specialists, the docking of the Endurance spacecraft to the ISS and the departure of the astronauts will not take place until Sunday.
The Crew-7 mission, the seventh manned mission to the ISS carried out by NASA and SpaceX, is commanded by astronaut Jasmin Moghbeliselected by NASA in 2017, and Andreas Mogensenof the European Space Agency (ESA).