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Crew-7 has arrived at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, in the run-up to the International Space Station launch.<\/p>\n
Crew-7 consists of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, taking the role of Dragon spacecraft pilot, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is commander, Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA and Konstantin Borisov from Roscomos are mission specialists.<\/p>\n
This video shows scenes of Crew-7 arriving at the Kennedy Space Center, during launch rehearsal, and Andreas Mogensen training for his mission in space.<\/p>\n
Andreas and Crew-7 will launch in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance<\/i> from launch pad 39A. This is the launch pad for all crewed flights of SpaceX to the International Space Station, and was previously used for the Shuttle and Apollo missions.<\/p>\n
As pilot of Crew-7, Andreas he will take one of the two middle seats next to commander Jasmin Moghbeli and monitor the Dragon\u2019s systems and performance during the journey to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
When the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance docks with the International Space Station, Andreas\u2019s Huginn mission starts. Meaning \u2018thought\u2019 and originating from the raven of the Norse god Odin, the name brings together the story of the raven Huginn flying into the world to gather information, just as Andreas will go to International Space Station and collect information for science. The Huginn mission is Andreas\u2019s second spaceflight to the International Space Station after his 10-day \u2018iriss\u2019 mission in 2015.<\/p>\n
Watch the launch live on ESA web TV: https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/ESA_Web_TV<\/p>\n
You can follow Andreas and his Huginn mission on the Huginn mission page, on Andreas\u2019s social media channels and ESA\u2019s social media.<\/p>\n
Andreas\u2019s channels:\u00a0Andreas\u2019s X (formerly Twitter<\/a>) \/\u00a0Andreas\u2019s Instagram\/\u00a0Andreas\u2019s Facebook\u00a0\/\u00a0Andreas\u2019s Flickr<\/p>\n ESA channels:\u00a0ESA Facebook\u00a0\/\u00a0ESA X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0ESA Instagram<\/p>\n Access the related broadcast quality footage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t