SpaceX Crew-11

SpaceX Crew-11
Launch of Crew-11
NamesUSCV-11
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2025-166A
SATCAT no.65077Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration15 days, 14 hours and 48 minutes (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 73/74
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 1, 2025, 15:43:42 UTC (11:43:42 am EDT)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1094-3), Flight 512
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Landing sitePacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude192 km (119 mi)
Apogee altitude214 km (133 mi)
Inclination51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking dateAugust 2, 2025, 06:26:56 UTC
Time docked15 days and 4 minutes (in progress)

NASA (left), SpaceX (middle), and JAXA (right) mission patches

Clockwise, from top left: Platonov, Yui, Cardman, and Fincke

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 19th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission transported four crew members – NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov – to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission launched on August 1, 2025 at 15:43:42 UTC (11:43:42 am EDT) and docked with the ISS the next day.[2]

Crew

Zena Cardman was originally assigned to SpaceX Crew-9,[3] but she and Stephanie Wilson were removed from that flight,[4] which launched with only two crew members and returned with the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test due to issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso,[5] while Michael Fincke and Kimiya Yui were initially assigned to Boeing Starliner-1, but they were reassigned to Crew-11 due to ongoing testing with the Boeing Starliner capsule.[6]

Prime crew
Position[7] Crew
Commander United States Zena Cardman, NASA
Expedition 73/74
First spaceflight
Pilot United States Michael Fincke, NASA
Expedition 73/74
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Japan Kimiya Yui, JAXA
Expedition 73/74
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Oleg Platonov, Roscosmos
Expedition 73/74
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position[8] Crew
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos

Mission

Attempt Planned Result Turnaround Reason Decision point Weather go (%) Notes
1 31 Jul 2025, 12:09:20 pm Scrubbed — Weather 31 Jul 2025, 12:08 pm ​(T−00:01:07) 90%[9] Storm clouds at launch pad.
2 1 Aug 2025, 11:43:42 am Success 0 days 23 hours 34 minutes 75%[10]

The eleventh SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program was scheduled for launch on July 31, 2025, but was scrubbed due to weather.[9]

The mission marked the final landing of a Falcon 9 booster on Landing Zone 1, which was then retired,[11] and the fastest Crew Dragon rendezvous to date.[12]

SpaceX Crew-11

References

  1. ^ "SpaceX Crew-11". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  2. ^ Tingley, Brett (August 1, 2025). "SpaceX launches Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA on milestone Crew Dragon flight (video)". Space. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  3. ^ Bardan, Roxana (January 31, 2024). "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission". NASA. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Donaldson, Abbey A. (August 30, 2024). "NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch". NASA. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  5. ^ Dunn, Marcia (August 24, 2024). "NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule". AP News. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  6. ^ Robinson-Smith, Will (March 28, 2025). "NASA switches Starliner crew to SpaceX Dragon as testing continues on troubled Boeing capsule". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  7. ^ Doyle, Tiernan P. (March 27, 2025). "NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-11 Assignments for Space Station Mission". NASA. Archived from the original on March 27, 2025. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  8. ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Crews in training]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 26, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Robinson-Smith, Will (July 31, 2025). "Cumulus clouds scrub launch of Crew-11 mission to the Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on July 31, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  10. ^ "Crew-11 Launch Forecast" (PDF). 45th Weather Squadron. July 31, 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  11. ^ @SpaceflightNow (July 30, 2025). "Gerstenmaier said the landing of B1094 will be the final use of Landing Zone 1, but they will continue to use Landing Zone 2. That site, Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, is being transitioned to a joint use by Vaya Space and Phantom Space. Vaya is aiming for its first launch in 2026" (Tweet). Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Dontchev, Kiko [@TurkeyBeaver] (August 2, 2025). "Crew-11 completed the fastest Crew Dragon rendezvous to date – travelling from pad 39A to the zenith docking port of the ISS in 14 hours, 43 minutes, and 10 seconds. Great work @SpaceX and Dragon teams!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Twitter.
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