Crew-11 mission set to launch on Thursday
NASAs’ Crew-11 mission is set to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 31, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts on board will head to the International Space Station, where they plan to live and work until 2026. NASA astronaut Zena Cardman will lead the mission, flying alongside fellow astronaut Mike Fincke. Japan’s (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov complete the four-person crew.
Cardman and Platonov are going to space for the first time. Yui will be returning to space for the second time and Fincke for the fourth time. Fincke has the most distinguished record of the group and formerly held the American record for the most time in space (382 days), until Scott Kelly broke it in 2015. NASA moved this mission up from its previously scheduled August launch window to create more room for the following Cargo Dragon (CRS-33) mission.
Watch the launch in the player above. Video via NASA/ YouTube.
New records
When the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule rockets into space on Thursday, it will be on its record 6th flight. It has previously flown Demo-2, Crew-2, Axiom-1, Crew-6 and Crew-8. In order to have a 6th flight, the Dragon capsule had to go through a recertification.
25th anniversary
The Crew-11 mission will have the distinction of being onboard when the International Space Station reaches 25 years of operations in October 2025. NASA astronaut Fincke, who helped construct the space station during the shuttle era, remarked:
I remember when the space station was just pieces here on the ground.
Bottom line: The Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station is set to launch on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Read more about the mission and watch the launch here.
Read more: How to see the International Space Station in your sky
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Crew-11 mission set to launch on Thursday
NASAs’ Crew-11 mission is set to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 31, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts on board will head to the International Space Station, where they plan to live and work until 2026. NASA astronaut Zena Cardman will lead the mission, flying alongside fellow astronaut Mike Fincke. Japan’s (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov complete the four-person crew.
Cardman and Platonov are going to space for the first time. Yui will be returning to space for the second time and Fincke for the fourth time. Fincke has the most distinguished record of the group and formerly held the American record for the most time in space (382 days), until Scott Kelly broke it in 2015. NASA moved this mission up from its previously scheduled August launch window to create more room for the following Cargo Dragon (CRS-33) mission.
Watch the launch in the player above. Video via NASA/ YouTube.
New records
When the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule rockets into space on Thursday, it will be on its record 6th flight. It has previously flown Demo-2, Crew-2, Axiom-1, Crew-6 and Crew-8. In order to have a 6th flight, the Dragon capsule had to go through a recertification.
25th anniversary
The Crew-11 mission will have the distinction of being onboard when the International Space Station reaches 25 years of operations in October 2025. NASA astronaut Fincke, who helped construct the space station during the shuttle era, remarked:
I remember when the space station was just pieces here on the ground.
Bottom line: The Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station is set to launch on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Read more about the mission and watch the launch here.
Read more: How to see the International Space Station in your sky
The post NASA’s Crew-11 mission to launch Thursday: Watch here first appeared on EarthSky.
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