Crew Dragon launch with Russian cosmonaut Borisov postponed to August 21
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The launch of the American Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS, which will also carry Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, has been postponed from August 17 to August 21, reported on the NASA website.
“NASA and SpaceX are now targeting 5:23 a.m. ET on Monday, August 21 to launch the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the ISS,” it said in a statement.
The mission launch delay will give more time to prepare the launch site at Kennedy Space Center Complex 39A in Florida, the agency added.
In July 2022, Roscosmos and NASA signed an agreement on joint cross-flights to the ISS, according to which the countries will carry out two missions. The first one took place last autumn.
In September, the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22 was launched to the ISS, carrying Russians Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio. In October, Roscosmos female cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrived at the station on the Crew Dragon-5 spacecraft. After the Crew-6 mission in the fall of 2023, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will go to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-24.
In March, Roskosmos reported that cross-flights would continue in 2023-2024. In the first half of 2024, the Crew-8 mission is planned, the crew of which is Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin.
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