Overview

• The launch is scheduled for July 31 at 12:09 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A aboard a Falcon 9 booster that will land at Landing Zone 1.
• Dragon Endeavour, flying for the sixth time, will carry Commander Zena Cardman, Pilot Mike Fincke, Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui and Mission Specialist Oleg Platanov to the ISS.
• The spacecraft is expected to dock around 3 a.m. ET on August 2, with the arriving crew replacing Crew-10 during a handover before the latter returns as early as August 6.
• The team will perform microgravity research including metal 3D printing experiments and a light-sail propulsion test dubbed “Sailing to the Stars.”
• The flight highlights NASA and SpaceX’s emphasis on reusable vehicles and sustains a quarter-century of uninterrupted human habitation aboard the space station.