posted 03-27-2025 04:29 PM               

Please use this topic to discuss SpaceX's Crew Dragon Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.

posted 07-10-2025 10:59 AM               

Watch as NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission leadership discuss final preparations.

Participants:

• Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate representative
  
• Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy
  
• Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson
  
• Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
  
• Mayumi Matsuura, vice president and director general, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA

posted 07-10-2025 12:47 PM               

In a live news briefing from Johnson Space Center, the four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

posted 07-24-2025 03:38 PM               

Saturday, July 26

• 1 p.m. EDT – Crew-11 arrival at NASA Kennedy

• 5:30 p.m. EDT – Prelaunch news conference with:
  • Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
    
  • Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
    
  • Dana Weigel, manager, NASA's International Space Station Program
    
  • William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
    
  • Sergei Krikalev, deputy director general, Manned and Automated Complexes, Roscosmos
    
  • Naoki Nagai, program manager, International Space Station, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA
  
  

• 8 a.m. EDT – Launch coverage begins
  
• 12:09 p.m. EDT – Launch
  
• 1:30 p.m. EDT – Postlaunch news conference with:
  • Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
    
  • Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
    
  • Dana Weigel, manager, NASA's International Space Station Program
    
  • Sergei Krikalev, deputy director general, Manned and Automated Complexes, Roscosmos
    
  • Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, associate director general, Space Exploration Center/Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, JAXA
    
  • Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX

• 1 a.m. EDT – Arrival coverage begins
  
• 3 a.m. EDT – Targeted docking to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module.
  
• 4:45 a.m. EDT – Hatch opening
  
• 5:30 a.m. EDT – Welcome ceremony

posted 07-26-2025 10:50 AM               

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 will arrive Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for their mission to the International Space Station.

posted 07-29-2025 03:27 PM               

SpaceX today completed the static fire of the Falcon 9 after an attempt on Monday (July 28) ended in an abort.

The test auto-aborted at T-57 seconds due to an error with the transporter erector's cradle arm position indication. The arm functioned correctly and teams are reviewing data.

posted 07-30-2025 03:57 PM               

NASA and the agency's partners preview the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission

posted 08-01-2025 07:08 AM               

Watch 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.

posted 08-01-2025 11:32 AM               

Following the successful launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission on Friday, Aug. 1, experts from NASA and our mission partners share updates and answer media questions in a postlaunch news conference.

posted 08-01-2025 09:36 PM               

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are scheduled to dock in their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC) on Saturday, Aug. 2. The hatches between Dragon and the station are scheduled to open at about 4:45 a.m. EDT (0845 UTC), with a welcome ceremony at 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 UTC).

posted 01-08-2026 04:46 PM               

NASA will host a live news conference from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.

On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital laboratory.

The matter involved a single crew member, who is stable. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.

Participants in the news conference include:

• NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
  
• Amit Kshatriya, associate administrator
  
• Dr. James Polk, chief health and medical officer, NASA Headquarters

posted 01-08-2026 04:49 PM               

The date of the otherwise nominal reentry and splashdown aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour is still be determined. Per NASA:

Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. The situation is stable.

posted 01-09-2026 09:47 PM               

Wednesday, Jan. 14
• 3 p.m. – Hatch closure coverage begins
  
• 3:30 p.m. – Hatch closing
  
• 4:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage begins
  
• 5 p.m. – Undocking

  Thursday, Jan. 15
  

• 2:15 a.m. – Return coverage begins
  
• 2:50 a.m. – Deorbit burn
  
• 3:40 a.m. – Splashdown
  
• 5:45 a.m. – Return to Earth media news conference

posted 01-10-2026 09:57 AM               

quote:

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
...my guess would be Sergey Kud-Sverchkov

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Command of the ISS will be handed over to Russia's Sergey Kud-Sverchkov ahead of the departure of current station commander Mike Fincke and the rest of SpaceX Crew-11.

posted 01-14-2026 01:04 PM               

Watch as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov begin final preparations for their return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

After the four enter the spacecraft, the hatch is scheduled to close at 3:30 p.m. EST (2030 UTC). The Dragon is scheduled to undock at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 UTC).

Crew-11's splashdown is targeted for Thursday, January 15 at 3:40 a.m. EST (0840 UTC).

posted 01-14-2026 03:02 PM               

The four members of 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 — undock from the International Space Station, setting off to return to Earth. Splashdown will occur off the coast of California on Thursday, Jan. 15, at approximately 3:40 a.m. EST (0840 UTC).

posted 01-15-2026 12:35 AM               

Watch four members of 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 — return to Earth. Splashdown of Crew-11 off the coast of California is scheduled for approximately 3:40 a.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 15 (0840 UTC).

After the crew is retrieved and exits their Dragon spacecraft, a post-splashdown news briefing will be held.

posted 01-15-2026 03:45 AM               

After the splashdown of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, agency leaders, including NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, are discussing the crew’s return and taking questions from media.

posted 01-15-2026 04:24 AM               

Photos credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

posted 01-16-2026 06:18 PM               

Photo credit: NASA

posted 01-21-2026 11:20 AM               

After returning to Earth on Jan. 15, the crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission are at NASA's Johnson Space Center to discuss their science expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The press conference starts at 2:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (Jan. 21).

posted 02-25-2026 10:36 AM               

On Jan. 7, while aboard the International Space Station, I experienced a medical event that required immediate attention from my incredible crewmates. Thanks to their quick response and the guidance of our NASA flight surgeons, my status quickly stabilized.

After further evaluation, NASA determined the safest course was an early return for Crew-11 — not an emergency, but a carefully coordinated plan to be able to take advantage of advanced medical imaging not available on the space station. On Jan. 15, we splashed down off the coast of San Diego after an amazing five-and-a-half-month mission.

I am deeply grateful to my fellow Expedition 74 members — Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui, Oleg Platonov, Chris Williams, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikayev — as well as the entire NASA team, SpaceX, and the medical professionals at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla near San Diego.

Their professionalism and dedication ensured a positive outcome.

I'm doing very well and continuing standard post-flight reconditioning at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Spaceflight is an incredible privilege, and sometimes it reminds us just how human we are. Thank you all for your support.