BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Following a late-night scrub early Friday morning, NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for its next launch window of Crew-7.
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Crew-7 will lift off at 3:27 a.m. on Saturday.
See our live updates below:
3:35 a.m. update: Crew-7 successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday morning following a scrub that postponed it by a day.
Watch the launch again in the tweet below:
Liftoff of Crew-7! pic.twitter.com/fvMpbvDPjU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 26, 2023
2:50 a.m. update: The crew access arm has retracted.
The crew access arm has now been retracted from the @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ahead of the #Crew7 launch.
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) August 26, 2023
2:10 a.m. update: The Dragon’s hatch has closed a few hours ahead of the Crew-7 launch.
Dragon’s hatch is now closed. Less than two hours to Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon to the @space_station
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 26, 2023
1 a.m. update: The crew officially arrived on Launch Complex 39A earlier ahead of boarding the Dragon.
The Dragon supporting this mission previously carried Crew-3 and Crew-5 to the @space_station and has spent over 300 days in space to date
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 26, 2023
9:30 p.m. update: As of 9:30 p.m., the weather for the launch was 95% favorable, SpaceX tweeted.
All systems looking good for tonight's Falcon 9 launch of Crew-7 to the @space_station. Weather is 95% favorable for liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK pic.twitter.com/mcftLIagN3
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 26, 2023
Officials indicated there were a couple of open technical items that required a bit more analysis, so they made the decision to stand down for 24 hours.
READ: Astronauts, teams getting final touches ready for Crew-7 launch
The Crew-7 members include NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.
Crew-7 will use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to reach the International Space Station.
The Crew-7 launch will be the third crewed launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast.
READ: Crew-7: Meet the astronauts who are headed to space
The research for Crew-7 includes a study of human response to different spaceflight durations as part of their 6-month science mission.
Count on WFTV.com and Eyewitness News to bring you live coverage of the Crew-7 launch when it happens.
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Weather officials with @SpaceForceDoD predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at Launch Complex 39A for the liftoff of the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying #Crew7 to the @Space_Station.
— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) August 25, 2023
Launch is targeted for 3:27am ET, Aug.26! pic.twitter.com/IKGQZ6Ed4c
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