Next Stop: Historic Launch Complex 39A

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 support team members gathered to see them off on their journey, the crew climbed into customized electric vehicles for the 20-minute ride to the launch pad and their waiting rocket.

The crew’s vehicles are traveling in the middle of a convoy that includes support team members and security personnel. At the launch site, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft await the crew’s arrival.