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Crew-11 Mission Cleared for Thursday Launch as U.S. and Russian Space Heads Prepare to Meet

With the transporter erector sensor fault fixed, Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endeavour are cleared for liftoff

Overview

  • A static fire test on July 29 auto-aborted at T-57 seconds due to a transporter erector cradle arm sensor error, with a successful retest on July 30
  • SpaceX replaced an engine controller on booster B1094’s engine five after anomalous data, completing all prelaunch checks at LC-39A
  • Crew-11 will lift off at 12:09 p.m. ET carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA’s Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos’s Oleg Platonov for a six- to eight-month station mission
  • Docking with the ISS is scheduled around 3 a.m. EDT on August 2, followed by a brief handover and the Crew-10 departure on August 6
  • NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy and Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov will attend the launch and discuss extending their seat-exchange agreement and planning the ISS deorbit in 2030