The confirmation that the Dragon crew spacecraft is “go” for launch just came through for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. In just a few minutes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage will be loaded with rocket grade kerosene, called RP-1, and liquid oxygen. Then, the second stage will be loaded with liquid oxygen.
The SpaceX closeout team has left the crew access arm, which will soon swing back from the Dragon spacecraft. Launch, set for 12:09 p.m. EDT, is now a little less than an hour away. Stay with us here on the blog, where we’ll keep you updated on the key mission milestones as launch countdown continues. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, leaving the next Earthbound faces the crew sees to be those of recovery teams during splashdown after the end of […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members now are boarding SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Before entering their spacecraft during the first launch attempt, all four crewmates signed the inside of the White Room, an area at the end of the crew access arm that provides access to the spacecraft. The term “White Room” dates to NASA’s Gemini program. […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, arrived at Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft stands ready for launch. Liftoff is slated about three hours from now, at 12:09 […]
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 […]
Just moments ago, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 flight crew began the walk that every NASA astronaut has made since Apollo 7 in 1968, heading to the elevator and down through the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before they left the suit-up room, the […]
