NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Secured Inside Dragon Spacecraft, Ready for Hatch Closure
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members prepare for launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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The crew has finished executing communication checks with the launch team, and their seats have been rotated into position for launch.
The pad support team with SpaceX now will prepare to close the spacecraft’s hatch, leaving the next Earthbound faces the crew sees to be those of recovery teams during splashdown after the end of their mission.
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