Overview
- SpaceX scrubbed Thursday’s launch at one minute and seven seconds when dense clouds moved in over Kennedy Space Center.
- The Falcon 9 lifted off at 15:43 GMT on Friday from Kennedy Space Center carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut and one JAXA astronaut.
- Dragon is on track to dock at the International Space Station around 07:00 GMT on Saturday to sustain continuous crew presence.
- Crew-11 replaces the team sent in March to relieve NASA astronauts stranded for nine months after Boeing Starliner delays.
- NASA may extend the mission from the standard six months to eight months if Dragon’s in-orbit performance remains optimal.