SpaceX Crew-11

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 19th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport four crew members – NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov — to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission launched on August 1, 2025 at 15:43:42 UTC (11:43:42 am EDT) and docked with the ISS the next day.^[3]

SpaceX Crew-11

Launch of Crew-11
Names	USCV-11
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	SpaceX
COSPAR ID	2025-166A
SATCAT no.	65077
Mission duration	1 day, 2 hours and 2 minutes (in progress) ~180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Crew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft type	Crew Dragon
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Crew
Crew size	4
Members	Zena Cardman Michael Fincke Kimiya Yui Oleg Platonov
Expedition	Expedition 73/74
Start of mission
Launch date	August 1, 2025, 15:43:42 UTC (11:43:42 am EDT)[1]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1094-3), Flight 512
Launch site	Kennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Landing date	April 2026 (planned)[2]
Landing site	Pacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	192 km (119 mi)
Apogee altitude	214 km (133 mi)
Inclination	51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Harmony zenith
Docking date	August 2, 2025, 06:26:56 UTC
Undocking date	April 2026 (planned)
Time docked	11 hours and 18 minutes (in progress)
NASA mission patch Clockwise, from top left: Platonov, Yui, Cardman, and Fincke Commercial Crew Program ← SpaceX Crew-10 SpaceX Crew-12 → Crew Dragon flights ← Axiom Mission 4 SpaceX Crew-12 →

Crew

Zena Cardman was originally assigned to SpaceX Crew-9,^[4] but she and Stephanie Wilson were removed from that flight,^[5] which launched with only two crew members and returned with the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test due to issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso,^[6] while Michael Fincke and Kimiya Yui were initially assigned to Boeing Starliner-1, but they were reassigned to Crew-11 due to ongoing testing with the Boeing Starliner capsule.^[7]

Prime crew

Position[8]	Crew
Commander	Zena Cardman, NASA Expedition 73/74 First spaceflight
Pilot	Michael Fincke, NASA Expedition 73/74 Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Kimiya Yui, JAXA Expedition 73/74 Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Oleg Platonov, Roscosmos Expedition 73/74 First spaceflight

Mission

Attempt	Planned	Result	Turnaround	Reason	Decision point	Weather go (%)	Notes
1	31 Jul 2025, 12:09:20 pm	Scrubbed	—	Weather	31 Jul 2025, 12:08 pm ​(T−00:01:07)	90%[9]	Storm clouds at launch pad.
2	1 Aug 2025, 11:43:42 am	Success	0 days 23 hours 34 minutes			75%[10]

The eleventh SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program was scheduled for launch on July 31, 2025, but was scrubbed due to weather.^[9]

The mission marked the final landing of a Falcon 9 booster on Landing Zone 1, which was retired.^[11]