NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Coverage Begins at 8 a.m. EDT!

Good morning, and welcome to live coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission!

We’re just over five hours from liftoff, with Crew-11 scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicts an 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for liftoff. The primary weather concern for the launch area is the cumulus cloud rule.

Here at Kennedy, the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket ready to launch as the 11th crew rotation flight to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s live coverage of Crew-11 activities begins at 8 a.m. on NASA+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Follow along for details about the mission and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.