International Space Station

Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, is now just five minutes away. We’ve entered terminal count and everything is proceeding on schedule. Launch teams continue to watch the weather […]

Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 11:43 a.m. EDT scheduled launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Dragon crew spacecraft is “go” for launch for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Fueling of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has begun, with rocket grade kerosene loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading underway. A few minutes from now, fueling will begin for the second stage. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force 45th […]

The crew access arm has retracted, and the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system will be armed momentarily. This will allow NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an anomaly from the moment the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off until the time they reach orbit – a timespan of […]

Liftoff of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is now a little less than an hour away, set for 11:43 a.m. EDT. Weather continues to hold at 60% “go” for launch, with the cumulus cloud and surface electric fields rules as the main weather concerns. Stay with us here on the blog, where we’ll keep you updated […]

For sixty years – since NASA’s Gemini program – every astronaut launching to space has worn a mission patch. These usually contain the astronauts’ names and also reflects unique elements of the respective missions. When assigned to their mission to the International Space Station, one of the first things the crewmates of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 […]

For nearly 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that will enable human exploration of the Moon as we prepare for Mars. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members are set to join this long legacy of conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory for […]

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 […]