At 3:46 a.m. EDT, hatches opened between the International Space Station and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. NASA’s live coverage continues through the welcome ceremony on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS […]
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov arrived at the International Space Station as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting complex at 2:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Following Dragon’s link up to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module, […]
NASA’s live arrival coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is underway on NASA+ as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov make their way to the International Space Station.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members continue making their way to the International Space Station with docking now targeted about 2:26 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 2.
Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA […]
The Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9’s second stage and is flying on its own. The spacecraft is traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour (28,200 kilometers per hour). In less than a minute, the Dragon crew spacecraft nosecone open sequence will begin.
After about nine minutes of flight, the Falcon 9’s second stage has shut down and the Dragon crew spacecraft now is in orbit, where it will soon separate from Falcon 9's upper stage and continue its journey to the International Space Station. Momentarily, the rocket’s first stage will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Back on Earth, the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has completed its descent and landed at the company’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Falcon 9 rocket has reached first stage main engine cutoff, or MECO, and the first and second stages have separated. Next, the Falcon 9’s second stage engine will start.
Max Q, or the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket, has been reached.
In the next minute, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage will separate from the second stage to attempt a landing at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
