NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, departed Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and are now on their way across the Florida spaceport to Launch Pad 39A. After waving to family, friends, and the […]
Just moments ago, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 flight crew began the walk that every NASA astronaut has made since Apollo 7 in 1968, heading to the elevator and down through the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before they left the suit-up room, the […]
Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017, Zena Cardman will conduct her first spaceflight. The Williamsburg, Virginia, native holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the time of selection, she was pursuing a doctorate in geosciences. Cardman’s geobiology and geochemical […]
We’re just a few hours away from the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Below are some of the key milestones leading up to launch and critical events that occur after liftoff. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off at 12:09 p.m. EDT from the historic Launch Complex 39A […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are in the suit-up room in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A team of SpaceX […]
NASA just ramped up its coverage of today’s launch, as the live broadcast of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission has now begun. Tune in to the broadcast airing live on NASA+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. Liftoff is targeted for 12:09 […]
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 […]
NASA and SpaceX teams completed the final major review – the Launch Readiness Review – for the agency’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, with mission leaders polling “go” to proceed into the launch count. The four crew members of Crew-11 are scheduled to liftoff no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July […]
The Expedition 73 crew is readying a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for return to Earth while a new crew on the ground is preparing to launch aboard another Dragon to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, exercise research, lab maintenance, and Earth observations rounded out the day aboard the orbital outpost.
Muscles and robotics topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday to keep astronauts fit and assist crews on long-duration missions. Meanwhile, four Expedition 73 crewmates continue preparing for their departure next month as another crew on Earth nears its launch to the orbital outpost this week.
