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July 31st, 2025
Image credit: NASA/KSC
Crew-11 scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX Crew-11 mission (left to right) are Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui.
Image credit: NASA
Onboard: NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
Russia’s Roscosmos head Dmitry Bakanov and his deputy veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev visited the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He met with the Crew-11 crew, which includes Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
Cosmonaut Platonov’s flight will take place under an agreement on cross-flights between Roscosmos and NASA.
The Roscosmos delegation is led by Bakanov, arriving in the United States on July 29 ahead of the launch of Crew Dragon.
Image credit: Roscosmos/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Roscosmos working trip
On the first day of the working trip, the Director General of Roscosmos visited the Lyndon Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center, met with employees responsible for managing the Russian segment of the ISS. He also spoke with Russian cosmonauts who are preparing for flights – Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikayev, Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina are currently there.
Bakanov is also expected to meet with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in the near future. The head of Roscosmos intends to discuss the cross-flight program, cooperation on the ISS, and prospects for cooperation on the Russian Orbital Station (ROS).
In addition, Bakanov plans to visit the production sites of Boeing and SpaceX.
Roscosmos Sergei Krikalev (left) andDmitry Bakanov (right) meet Crew-11 at Kennedy Space Center. Image credit: Roscosmos
Go to live coverage of launch at:
https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-11-launch/
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