Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-01-2025 10:32 AM
SpaceX's Crew-11 launch is targeted for late July or early August with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, commander and Mike Fincke, pilot; JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, both mission specialists.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-10-2025 10:59 AM
NASA video
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
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-10-2025 11:11 AM
NASA is targeting the Crew-11 launch for no earlier than July 31 at about 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). Docking would follow 39 hours later at about 3:00 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT) on Aug. 2.
Back-up opportunities on Aug. 1, 2, and 3.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-10-2025 12:47 PM
NASA video
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.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-24-2025 03:38 PM
Upcoming events:
Saturday, July 26
1 p.m. EDT – Crew-11 arrival at NASA Kennedy
Wednesday, July 30
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
Thursday, July 31
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
Saturday, Aug. 2
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
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-26-2025 10:50 AM
NASA video
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.
SpaceAngel Member
Posts: 578 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
posted 07-27-2025 06:28 AM
How's the weather outlooks for Thursday's launch attempt?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-29-2025 03:27 PM
According to NASA as of three hours ago, there is a predicted 85 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff on July 31.
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.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-30-2025 03:57 PM
NASA video
NASA and the agency's partners preview the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-31-2025 08:30 AM
The custom license plates for the SpaceX Tesla Model X crew transport vehicles that brought the Crew-11 astronauts to the launch pad read "LIVE," "LAUGH" and "LAUNCH," a nod to popular slogan that appeared on home decor items and motivational posters "Live, Laugh, Love."
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-31-2025 11:10 AM
A scrub was called at the T-minus 1 minute mark due to violation of weather rules. A storm front rolled into the area of Launch Complex 39A, violating the cumulus cloud rule.
The next attempt will be on Friday (Aug. 1) at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 GMT). There is a predicted 85 percent chance of favorable weather conditions at launch time with cumulus clouds again being the primary concern.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-01-2025 07:08 AM
NASA video
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.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-01-2025 10:43 AM
Liftoff! Crew-11 is now on their way to space!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-01-2025 11:32 AM
NASA video
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.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-01-2025 09:36 PM
NASA video
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).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-08-2026 04:46 PM
NASA video
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
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-08-2026 04:49 PM
Crew-11 will be returning to Earth earlier than scheduled as a result of a crew member developing a medical concern.
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.
issman1 Member
Posts: 1212 From: UK Registered: Apr 2005
posted 01-08-2026 04:55 PM
Very unfortunate and hopefully a safe return to Earth. But who replaces Mike Fincke as ISS commander?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-08-2026 07:59 PM
It was not said, but my guess would be Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as the only crew member with a previous spaceflight (as compared to Sergey Mikayev and Chris Williams). We will see.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-09-2026 09:47 PM
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of Crew-11, pending weather conditions, setting up a splashdown off the coast of California at approximately 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15.
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
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55736 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-10-2026 09:57 AM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: ...my guess would be Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
Irene Klotz with Aviation Week & Space Technology has confirmed:
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.