MOSCOW, July 5 The American SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the Crew-7 expedition, which included Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, will depart for the International Space Station on August 15, Roscosmos announced .
«The Crew Dragon spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will leave for the ISS on August 15,» the report says. It is clarified that the crew also included NASA astronaut Jasmine Mogbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
For Mogbeli and Borisov this is the first flight into space, Furukawa and Morgensen will fly into space for the second time.
The Russian cosmonaut will take his place on the spacecraft as part of an agreement between Roscosmos and NASA on cross-flights to the ISS. The agreement was signed in July 2022. In the fall, the first flight took place — American astronaut Frank Rubio flew on the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22. A couple of weeks later, Russian Anna Kikina went to Crew Dragon. In March 2023, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev went to the ISS on the Crew Dragon (Crew-6 mission), in the second half of 2023, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara will go on the Soyuz MS-24.
It was originally planned that As part of cross-flights in 2022-2024, three missions of Russian and American ships will be organized to the ISS, however, both Roscosmos and NASA did not rule out that the program would be extended.In March, Roscosmos announced that the program of cross-flights to the The ISS has been expanded by one mission, it will take place in the first half of 2024 on the American ship Crew Dragon, the crew of which will include Russian Alexander Grebenkin.