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Nasa, SpaceX to launch seventh crew mission to ISS in August

06 Jul 2023 01:10pm
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LOS ANGELES, US - Nasa and SpaceX are planning to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in August, reported Xinhua.

The earliest targetted launch date for the Crew-7 mission is Aug 15, from Launch Complex 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the agency said on Wednesday.

The launch will carry Nasa astronaut and Mission Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut and pilot Andreas Mogensen, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov as mission specialists. - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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