Andreas Mogensen: final days before launch

Date: Tue, Aug 22, 2023 | 09:00 - 09:00 GMT | 11:00 - 11:00 CEST

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will be launched as part of Crew-7 to the International Space Station for his second mission, called Huginn, on 25 August at 08:49 BST (09:49 CEST). Footage from Kennedy Space Center now available.

Andreas and his crewmates – NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov – will take off in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Andreas will be the first European to take the role as pilot on the Crew Dragon, where he will sit next to Jasmin, the Crew-7 commander. Andreas will monitor the spacecraft’s performance and systems are working as expected during the flight to the Space Station, like a copilot in an aircraft.  

Footage from Kennedy Space Center, including the Crew-7 arrival, soundbites and ‘dry dress rehearsal’ of walk out, are available at: https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2023/08/Huginn_mission_launch_campaign

More footage and interviews will be added to the above link over the course of the week.

GVs of Andreas’s training are available at: https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2022/03/Andreas_Mogensen_trains_for_second_space_mission

More footage and interviews available at: https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2023/04/Huginn_Mission_-_The_Space_Messenger

Live coverage

The launch and docking on the ISS will be broadcast by NASA TV, and also visible on ESA Web TV 2. 

Crew-7 launch schedule
Event/Date&Time	Local time Florida (ET)	CEST
Astronauts walks to the cars	00:26	06:26
Crew-7 drives to rocket	00:32	06:32
Arrival at pad 39a	00:47	06:47
Crew-7 enters Crew Dragon Endurance	01:06	07:06
Hatch close	01:50	07:50
Launch	03:49	09:49
First stage separation	03:51	09:51
Second stage separation	04:01	10:01

More information at: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn