Everything you need to know about the Crew-7 mission

The third of September 1402 was the beginning of the Crew-7 mission, in which four astronauts, including Yasmin Moqbli, an Iranian-born NASA astronaut, went into Earth orbit with the Falcon 9 rocket to be stationed at the International Space Station (ISS).

Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa and Konstantin Borisov were among the other astronauts of this mission.

“Thank you very much,” said Yasmin Moqbali, who was in charge of the Crew-7 mission, to Mission Control after arriving at the space station. I have to keep reminding myself that this is not a dream.”

The start of Crew 7's mission

It took the astronauts about 30 hours to reach the space station. Upon arrival, they joined the seven astronauts from the previous mission (Crew 6) on board the space station. Now it was the turn of the Crew 6 astronauts to return to Earth and start the activities of the Crew 7 astronauts.

Crew 6 astronauts welcomed Yasmin Moqbali and his team and after a few days they returned to Earth so that the station would be at the disposal of Crew 7 astronauts.

The Crew 7 mission with the Danish Andreas Mogensen, the Russian Konstantin Borisov, the Japanese Satoshi Furukawa and finally the Iranian-American Yasmin Moqbli was an international mission with the cooperation of the space organizations of different countries.

Performance and actions of astronauts

Crew 7 launched innovative scientific research in space to help advance human knowledge. These experiments included different fields of science, even biology and medicine.

Some of the experiments included collecting microbial samples from the outer space of the space station and studying them, studying the human reaction to different durations of space flight, investigating the physiological aspects of astronauts' sleep, and the water purification membrane containing proteins called aquaporin in space. Studying the blood of astronauts, which was collected in the space station, was one of the other activities. Scientists believe that collecting blood samples on the space station will increase the accuracy of the tests. These are just some of the science experiments and technology demonstrations that took place during the mission.

Other actions include planting tomatoes in space to study the resistance of planting plants in an environment with negligible gravity and deploying two CubeSats in the space station. CubeSats are miniature satellites with dimensions of one cubic centimeter and weight of about one kilogram, which can transmit audio and video data to the earth. These satellites were built by Japanese students. Currently, two CubeSats are installed in the space station.

Photographing the phenomena of the Earth's atmosphere, such as the “red spirit” phenomenon, was one of the other activities of the astronauts. The Red Ghost is an atmospheric phenomenon that cannot be seen from Earth. The astronauts also imaged the folds of the Earth's tectonic plates to study its evolution over millions of years.

In this mission, Yasmin Moqbali tried to familiarize her colleagues with Iranian culture and food. Astronauts ate black vegetables for dinner one night! He also created memorable moments by showing Iranian children's drawings on the theme of space.

The end of a six-month mission

This mission will not only help in the advancement of human science, but it can also enhance human skills in living in space and prepare him for longer journeys and even journeys beyond Earth orbit.

Now, with the Crew 8 astronauts arriving at the space station, it is Yasmin and her team's turn to return to Earth. According to the weather conditions, their spacecraft is scheduled to leave the space station on March 21 to begin its journey home. It is interesting to know that the Dragon capsule containing these four astronauts will experience a temperature of up to 1600 degrees Celsius while passing through the Earth's atmosphere. According to forecasts, the astronauts will land on the coast of Florida at noon on March 22.