With communication checks complete, the hatch now is closed on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew NASA’s SpaceX Demo Mission-2, Crew-2, Crew-6, and Crew-8, in addition to Axiom Mission 1. Liftoff for NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov is less […]
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. The next faces the crew sees in person will be aboard the International Space Station. For live launch coverage of […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members now are boarding SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Before entering their spacecraft upon their first launch attempt, all four crewmates signed the inside of the White Room, an area at the end of the crew access arm that provides access to the spacecraft. The term “White Room” dates to NASA’s Gemini program. […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, arrived at Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft stands ready for launch. Liftoff is slated about three hours from now, at 11:43 […]
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 Operations and Checkout Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before they left 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 […]
With launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission just a few hours away, here are some of the key milestones and critical events leading up to launch and after liftoff. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off at 11:43 a.m. EDT from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy […]
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 suiting up 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 suit technicians […]
NASA just expanded its coverage of today’s launch, and the live broadcast of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is airing live on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. Today’s liftoff is targeted for 11:43 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
