Overview

• The mixed JAXA-NASA-Roscosmos crew includes JAXA veteran Kimiya Yui, two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut.
• After a weather delay on July 31, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 11:43 UTC on August 1.
• Crew Dragon separated normally about ten minutes post-launch and is scheduled to dock with the ISS in the early hours of August 2.
• Yui is returning to space for the first time since his 2015 mission, marking a decade between flights.
• Following docking, the incoming crew will complete a handover with ISS commander Takuya Onishi and begin experiments for future lunar missions.