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SpaceX Launches Crew-11 Mission After Weather-Scrubbed Delay

The four-astronaut international crew is traveling to the ISS for a targeted six-month rotation that could stretch to eight months depending on Dragon capsule performance.

En primera fila de izquierda a derecha, los astronautas Mike Fincke, de la NASA, y Zena Cardman, de la NASA; fila trasera de izquierda a derecha, Oleg Platonov de Rusia y Kimiya Yui de Japón, en el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida el 31 de julio del 2025. (AP foto/John Raoux)
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Una tripulación internacional de cuatro astronautas despegó desde Florida a bordo de la cápsula Dragon de SpaceX con destino a la Estación Espacial Internacional.
La tripulación esta conformada por Zena Cardman y Mike Fincke de la NASA, Kimiya Yui de la Agencia Japonesa de Exploración Aeroespacial (JAXA), y por el cosmonauta de Roscosmos, Oleg Platonov. 

Overview

  • After a one-minute-seven-second scrub on July 31 caused by dense clouds, Falcon 9 lifted off on August 1 at 15:43 GMT from Kennedy Space Center.
  • The Crew-11 team of Zena Cardman, Michael Fincke, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov will dock with the ISS around 07:00 GMT on August 2.
  • Their mission replaces the crew sent in March as stand-ins during Boeing Starliner technical delays and marks another commercial-provider flight supporting ISS operations.
  • NASA officials will monitor the Dragon capsule’s condition over the coming months before confirming whether the mission extends from six to eight months.
  • A Roscosmos delegation led by chief Dmitry Bakanov joined NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffy in Florida for the launch, enabling the first in-person leadership discussions since 2018.