NASA Crew-7 Astronauts Arrive at International Space Station

The agency’s seventh Commercial Crew rotation mission successfully docked with the orbital laboratory Sunday.

Jack Daleo

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 10:31 AM ET

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance approaches the International Space Station for a docking Sunday. [Courtesy: NASA TV]

Key Takeaways:

SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Endurance" successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), delivering the multinational Crew-7 mission.
The Crew-7 mission comprises four astronauts from the U.S., Russia, Japan, and ESA, who will conduct over 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations during their six-month stay.
This mission marks NASA's seventh Commercial Crew rotation, part of a program in partnership with SpaceX to provide safe and cost-effective human access to and from the space station.

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Fire-breathing beasts are not just mythical creatures, despite what Game of Thrones would have you believe.

Some dragons aren’t animals at all. I’m talking about SpaceX’s Crew Dragon rocket, which on Sunday successfully docked with the International Space Station and introduced four astronauts to their new jobs for the next six months. The mission, which will support scientific research into human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit, is NASA’s seventh Commercial Crew rotation mission and the 11th orbital flight of Crew Dragon—to which FLYING awarded one of its 2021 Editors’ Choice Awards.