After spending 199 days in area, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members will talk about their science mission aboard the Worldwide House Station throughout a information convention at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, March 25, on the company’s Johnson House Heart in Houston.
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European House Company) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, splashing down at 5:47 a.m., March 12, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, earlier than flying again to Houston. Crew will reply media questions on their mission aboard the area station and their return to Earth.
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Media are invited to attend in-person or nearly. Media should RSVP to the Johnson newsroom no later than 12:30 p.m. March 25 at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov or 281-483-5111. Media ought to dial-in to the information convention by 2 p.m. the day of the occasion to ask a query. Questions additionally could also be submitted on social media utilizing #AskNASA. A replica of NASA’s media accreditation coverage is on-line.
The crew spent six-and-a-half months in area, with 197 days whole aboard the area station. In the course of the mission, Moghbeli accomplished a spacewalk, a primary in her profession, alongside NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara. It was the primary spaceflight for Moghbeli and Borisov, and the second for Furukawa and Mogensen.
The crew lived and labored aboard the station since Aug. 26, 2023. Throughout the mission, crew contributed to a whole lot of experiments and expertise demonstrations, together with learning plant immune operate in microgravity, testing supplies within the area surroundings, and observing thunderstorms to know the consequences of lightning and electrical exercise on Earth’s local weather and ambiance. These experiments are serving to to organize for exploration past low Earth orbit and to profit life on Earth.
They spent 5 days with the newly arrived crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, who docked to the station on March 5, and carried out a direct handover introducing three first-time flyers to the area station, discussing ongoing duties and system statuses.
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Josh Finch / Claire O’Shea
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov / claire.a.o’shea@nasa.gov
Chelsey Ballarte
Johnson House Heart, Houston
281-483-5111
chelsey.n.ballarte@nasa.gov
