KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – NASA and SpaceX are targeting the end of July for the next crewed launch to the International Space Station.
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The agency and company announced during a news conference Thursday that it is aiming for July 31 for the Crew-11 launch.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke will be joined by mission specialists Kimiya Yui from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Oleg Platonov, of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
.@NASA and @SpaceX are targeting no earlier than July 31 at 12:09 p.m. EDT for the launch of the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, pending mission readiness. pic.twitter.com/pxkdqLXK8f
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) July 10, 2025
The crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
The last crew, Crew-10, launched in March.
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