N° 34–2023: Media accreditation for Crew-7 launch with Andreas Mogensen
5 July 2023
NASA has opened media accreditation for the launch of SpaceX Crew-7 to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This crew includes ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen.
The launch of the Crew Dragon capsule, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is targeted for no earlier than Tuesday, 15 August. It is the seventh crew rotation flight for Crew Dragon and will see ESA’s Andreas Mogensen travel into space for the second time, beginning his mission Huginn.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will be the pilot of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. He will be accompanied by NASA astronaut and Mission Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov as mission specialists.
Huginn will be Andreas’s first long-duration mission to the International Space Station, where he will work and live for six months as part of Expeditions 69 and 70. During Expedition 70, Andreas Mogensen will also be commander of the Space Station, becoming the sixth European astronaut to fulfil this role.
He will conduct over 30 European experiments during the Huginn mission. The experiments are divided into three pillars: climate, healthand space for Earth.
ESA will not be organising a media trip on this occasion. However, a limited number of international media are welcome to attend the launch in Florida. Media accreditation and any questions should be directed to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Full details:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-next-spacex-commercial-crew-space-station-launch-3
Media accreditation deadlines for Crew-7 are as follows (all times CEST)
- International media without US citizenship must apply by 05:59 Thursday, 13 July.
- US media must apply by 05:59 Sunday, 1 August.
All accreditation requests must be submitted online at: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
For questions about accreditation, please email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
If you have special logistical requests, such as space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections, please send your request to: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov by Tuesday, 18 July.
For other questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom: at 321-867-2468.
Social media
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Further information
Information on the Huginn mission:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn
Images
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasmogensen
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images
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www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images
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Videos
Andreas Mogensen at ESOC - What an astronaut needs to know
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos
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https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos
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https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions
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