NASA, SpaceX Full Crew-11 Dry Gown Rehearsal

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission moved nearer to launch, because the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft slated to take the four-member crew to the International Space Station rolled to the pad and the crew participated in a dry costume rehearsal on Monday, July 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, together with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, spent the day donning spacesuits and finishing air leak checks contained in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy. Once suited, the crew members boarded autos that drove them to Launch Complex 39A the place they entered the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that can take them to the house station.

Crew-11 is scheduled to launch to the house station no sooner than 12:09 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 31, for a long-duration mission.

Upon Crew-11’s arrival to the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members will assist familiarize the brand new crew with ongoing science and station upkeep work, which helps a safer transition of operations aboard the house station. Following a short handover and pending climate situations, Crew-10, together with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will board their SpaceX spacecraft and splashdown off the coast of California.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its purpose of secure, dependable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States by a partnership with American personal business. This partnership is opening entry to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station to extra individuals, extra science, and extra business alternatives. For virtually 25 years, individuals have repeatedly lived and labored aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific information and demonstrating new applied sciences that allow us to arrange for human exploration of the Moon as we put together for Mars.

July 28, 2025