With launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission just a few hours away, here are some of the key milestones and critical events leading up to launch and after liftoff. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off at 11:43 a.m. EDT from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are suiting up in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A team of SpaceX suit technicians […]
NASA just expanded its coverage of today’s launch, and the live broadcast of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is airing live on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. Today’s liftoff is targeted for 11:43 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
Good morning, and welcome to live coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission! The second launch attempt of the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for 11:43 a.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After yesterday’s last-minute weather scrub, we’re […]
NASA and SpaceX continue to target 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 1, for launch of the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After the launch attempt was scrubbed Thursday for weather, mission teams completed a weather review for the next opportunity, and conditions around the launch […]
An unfavorable weather forecast for the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for Thursday afternoon has resulted in NASA and SpaceX postponing the launch of the Crew-11 crew. Teams are now targeting 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 1. NASA’s live launch coverage for an Aug. 1 attempt begins at 7:35 a.m. on […]
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. Everything is proceeding on schedule, and all is looking good for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 […]
Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 12:09 p.m. EDT scheduled launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fueling has begun. Rocket grade kerosene loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading is underway. A few minutes from now, fueling will begin for the second stage. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. Liftoff remains […]
The crew access arm has retracted, and the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system is armed. 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 roughly 12 […]
