{"id":797584,"date":"2025-08-01T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797584"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:48:05","slug":"spacex-launches-four-people-on-nasas-crew-11-mission-to-iss-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797584","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches four people on NASA’s Crew-11 mission to ISS : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Crew-11 mission astronauts wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Friday. From Left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui. The crew will live and work aboard the International Space Station for at least six months.
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An international crew of four launched into orbit just before noon Friday from Florida on NASA’s Crew-11, a six-month mission to the International Space Station. <\/p>\n

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket roared to life on Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A, lofting the company’s Dragon capsule and crew on a nine-minute trip from the Earth’s surface into orbit.<\/p>\n

The capsule is carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.<\/p>\n

It will take the crew about 15 hours to reach the ISS, with a docking planned Saturday around 3 a.m. ET. Once there, they’ll remain aboard the station for about six months, living and working on the orbiting lab, conducting dozens of science experiments.<\/p>\n