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NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.

The launch is targeted for 3:29 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, is scheduled to dock to the space station at 2:02 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26.

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to perform research technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory.

The flight is the seventh crew rotation mission with SpaceX to station, and the eighth human spaceflight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The international crew will fly aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, which previously flew NASA’s Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions.

Friday, Aug. 25
11:30 p.m. – Launch coverage of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. Launch scheduled for 3:27 a.m. Audio-only commentary of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission after SpaceX Dragon orbital insertion and nose cap deploy will continue on mission audio circuits and YouTube until 7 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 when coverage of Crew-7 rendezvous, docking, hatch opening and welcoming remarks resumes on NASA TV

Saturday, Aug. 26
3:27 a.m. – Launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 to the International Space Station
5 a.m. – NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 post-launch news conference