NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Launch from LC-39A to the ISS This Afternoon (Jul. 31)
The four person Crew-11 will relieve Crew-10 from the International Space Station (ISS)
(Cape Canaveral, Florida) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the four-person Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA from Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 12.09pm ET (1609 GMT).
The Crew-11 astronauts, including NASA astronauts Zena Cardman (mission commander) and Mike Fincke (mission pilot), along with mission specialists Kimiya Yui of JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, ahead of today’s planned launch to the ISS, courtesy of spaceflight photographer Michael Cain.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on the pad at NASA Kennedy Center's Launch Complex 39-A, ahead of today's planned Crew-11 launch, courtesy of spaceflight photographer Michael Cain.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on the pad at NASA Kennedy Center's Launch Complex 39-A, at sunset early this morning (Jul. 31) ahead of today's planned Crew-11 launch, courtesy of spaceflight photographer Michael Cain.
Crew-11 will send NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Kimiya Yui of JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov to the ISS for a stay of roughly six months. Cardman is the mission’s commander, Fincke is the pilot and Yui and Platonov are mission specialists.
If all goes to plan, the mission’s Crew Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, will dock with the #iss orbiting lab on Saturday, Aug. 2 at around 3am ET (0700 GMT).
The Crew-11 astronauts will relieve the four members of SpaceX’s Crew-10, who arrived at the ISS in March. Crew-10 will head home to Earth a few days after Crew-11 docks.
