Crew-7 Mission to ISS Postponed: NASA and SpaceX Gear Up for Historic Launch with First-Time Commanders

NASA and SpaceX have announced the postponement of the Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The launch, originally scheduled for Friday, has been rescheduled for 3:27 am on Saturday, August 26. NASA did not provide a reason for the delay, but both the vehicles and crew are prepared for the mission.

Crew-7 will be commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli, and will include Andreas Mogensen from Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa from Japan, and Konstantin Borisov from Russia. This will be the first space mission for Moghbeli and Borisov. The mission is part of NASA's commercial crew program, aiming to reduce dependency on Russian rockets for astronaut transport. Crew-7 will spend six months aboard the ISS, conducting various scientific experiments. The first segment of the ISS was launched in 1998 and has been continuously inhabited since 2001.