# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CwauEIOM7by
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8372233-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7e474e9633.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-08-26T18:15:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Send me on my way (on my way)⁣
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#Crew7 is heading to the ISS after launching from NASAKennedy at 3:27 a.m. ET (0727 UTC) on Saturday, Aug. 26, sending its four members into orbit aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft. AstroJaws represents our NASAAstronauts as mission commander on her first trip to the orbiting laboratory.⁣
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Once aboard the #SpaceStation, the crew will carry out hundreds of experiments, helping humanity to make life better on Earth and expanding our understanding of long-duration space exploration.⁣
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Image descriptions:⁣
Image 1: In a five-minute long exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-7 mission streaks across the night sky after liftoff.⁣
Image 2: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket clears the launchpad after the nighttime liftoff of the Crew-7 mission. Clouds billow at left and below the pad and are reflected in the water in the lower part of the frame.⁣
Image 3: A close up view of the end of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket seconds after liftoff the Crew-7 mission, with clouds below and the launch tower partly visible in the background.⁣
Image 4: A close up of Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, suited up in a SpaceX spacesuit with the visor open and a smile on her face, seen after leaving the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building before launch.⁣
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Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky⁣
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#RocketLaunch #LongExposure #SpaceX #NightPhotography #SpaceStation

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rocketlaunch, crew7, spacestation, longexposure, spacex, nightphotography

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