NASA, SpaceX Managers Proceed Toward Crew-11 Launch
After meeting for several hours today, NASA, SpaceX, and international partner teams polled “go” to continue launch preparations following conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 remains targeted to launch no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 31, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy.
The Flight Readiness Review is an in-depth assessment on the readiness of flight for SpaceX’s transportation system, mission operations, support functions, and readiness of the International Space Station to support the crewed flight to the International Space Station.
Crew-11 crew members, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, commander, and Mike Fincke, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are scheduled to depart NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, July 26, for the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will share a few remarks with the public about 1 p.m. after arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility. Watch the arrival event live on Kennedy’s social account.
NASA, SpaceX, and the international partners leadership, supporting the Crew-11 mission, will hold a prelaunch news conference at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, to discussion mission preparations.
More details about the launch will be posted on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.
