Overview
- Crew-11 comprises NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA’s Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
- The team touched down at Kennedy Space Center on July 26 after completing quarantine and a successful flight readiness review.
- Liftoff is scheduled no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT on July 31 from Launch Pad 39A aboard a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew Dragon Endeavour.
- The six-month mission, with an option to extend to eight months, will see the crew join Expedition 73, relieve Crew-10 and mark the ISS’s 25th consecutive year in orbit.
- Endeavour will become the first Crew Dragon to fly a record sixth mission as NASA seeks to certify capsules for extended reuse beyond their original design.