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NASA, SpaceX Complete Weather Review for Next Crew-11 Launch Attempt

By |2025-07-31T15:19:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members, from left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX continue to target 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 1, for launch of the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After the launch attempt was scrubbed Thursday [...]

NASA, SpaceX Stand Down From Crew-11 Launch Due to Weather

By |2025-07-31T12:12:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ An unfavorable weather forecast for the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in [...]

Up Next: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Liftoff

By |2025-07-31T12:04:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew spacecraft with NASA astronauts [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Remains on Schedule, Launch Less Than 20 Minutes Away

By |2025-07-31T11:50:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, and liquid oxygen [...]

Crew Access Arm Retracted

By |2025-07-31T11:31:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ The crew access arm has retracted, and the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system is [...]

Dragon is ‘Go’ for Launch; Falcon 9 Fueling Underway

By |2025-07-31T11:28:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ The confirmation that the Dragon crew spacecraft is “go” for launch just came through [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Liftoff Now Just an Hour Away

By |2025-07-31T11:11:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 31, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch.NASA+ The SpaceX closeout team has left the crew access arm, which will soon swing [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Continue Long Legacy of Space Science

By |2025-07-31T10:53:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. They will perform a variety of science aboard the space station upon arrival. SpaceX For nearly 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies [...]

NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope

By |2025-07-31T10:00:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the observatory’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cover, the panels (together called the Lower Instrument Sun Shade), will play a critical role in keeping Roman’s instruments cool and stable as the mission explores the infrared universe. [...]

NASA Invites Proposals to Lease Aircraft Hangar in Cleveland

By |2025-07-31T08:51:00-04:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

View of the NASA Glenn Research Center hangar from the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport runway during a testing flight on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The Operations and Integration Building sits to the hangar’s right.Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian Hanna NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is seeking proposals for the use of its historic aircraft hangar, along [...]

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