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The members of the SpaceX -Crew 11 arrived on Saturday, July 26, 2025, in the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before being planned to the international space station. From left to right: Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke from NASA; Kimiya Yui from Jaxa; and Oleg Platonov from Roscosmos. | Credit: NASA
The next four people who start the international space station have arrived at their starting point.
The NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke together with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Platonov Flew with a NASA aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas after Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Saturday on Saturday (July 26). They landed at 1:12 p.m. Edt (1712) GMT in Space Florida’s start and landing facility (LLF).
“We are absolutely happy to be here in the Kennedy Space Center,” said Cardman, Crew-11 Commander. “This is the first moment when it really starts. This is the beginning of a week in which things will feel more and more real when we approach our start.”
The four members of SpaceX ‘Crew 11 Walk and Wave, when they approach Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, July 26, 2025, in the starting and landing facilities of the Kennedy Space Center. | Credit: NASA
Cardman, Fincke, Yui and Platonov, as members of the Crew-11 from SpaceX, are to start on a Falcon 9 rocket from the KSC start complex 39a on Thursday (July 31) at 12:09 p.m. Edt (1609 GMT). If the flight runs as planned, you will be connected to the ward at the Orbiting Laboratory (and on August 2) of the expedition 73 (and later the expedition 74) of the station.
“Boy, it’s great to be back,” said Fincke, Crew-11 pilot. ” [LLF] Was on the Space Shuttle striving, and now we can endeavor this time, a kite striving. “
On Friday, mission managers gave their “GO” for starting preparations to take place after completing a review of the willingness to fly.
“We look forward to starting soon,” said Fincke.
