NASA, SpaceX Managers: Crew-11 Mission ‘Go’ for Launch
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 31, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A news conference with mission leadership will begin at about 5:30 p.m. EDT and can be viewed on NASA’s YouTube channel. Participants include:
- Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
- Sergei Krikalev, executive director, Human Space Flight Program, Roscosmos
- Naoki Nagai, program manager, International Space Station, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft.
Weather officials with the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for liftoff, with the cumulus cloud rule as the primary weather concern.
Live launch day coverage of the Crew-11 launch will begin Thursday, July 31 at 8 a.m. EDT on NASA+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.
Stay current on the mission by following along on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.
