According to the report of Yasyad News, citing Space, it has now been decided to carry out the “Cro-7” mission on August 23, 2023, that is, 5 days after the date set on the 17th of this month, because after the delay in the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, the pad The launcher must be prepared for the mission. A Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched the Jupiter 3 communications satellite into orbit on July 28, but SpaceX said it needed more time to prepare launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center for the mission. NASA officials said on August 1 about the new delay in the launch date: The changed date allows more time to prepare the launch site. The Crew-7 mission is accompanied by 4 NASA astronauts, Yasmin Moqbli from NASA, Andreas Mogensen from the European Union Agency,Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Konstantin Borsev are going to the International Space Station. This is the seventh mission to send an astronaut to the International Space Station that SpaceX is doing for NASA.
