We're sending a new crew to the International Space Station! Watch with us as the four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission launch to the station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC) on Friday, Aug. 1. The first Crew-11 launch attempt, on Thursday, July 31, was scrubbed due to weather: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2025/07/31/nasa-spacex-stand-down-from-crew-11-launch-due-to-weather/ SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov to the orbiting laboratory for a science mission. This is the 11th crew rotation mission and the 12th human spaceflight mission for NASA to the space station supported by the Dragon spacecraft since 2020 as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Crew-11 is scheduled to arrive at the station on Saturday, Aug. 2. After a brief handover period, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will depart the station for a splashdown off the coast of California. About Crew-11's scientific mission: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-spacex-crew-11-to-support-health-studies-for-deep-space-travel/ Crew-11 mission updates: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/crew-11/ Credit: NASA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ILMhbWHNQ
