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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket threaded through the clouds of a stormy Florida sky just before midday on Aug. 1, as the 11th act of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) commercial crew program set off for the International Space Station.

Strapped on top, inside the Dragon Endeavor capsule, were NASA Astronauts Zena Cardman (mission commander) and Mike Fincke (mission pilot, as well as Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), both of whom were named mission specialists.

This was the second launch attempt, following one on July 31 that was scrubbed due to weather, with only 67 seconds left on the countdown. Like the first attempt, this launch required an instantaneous launch right on time, but the storm remained clear of the site long enough for the four-person crew to lift off.

After taking off from Launch Pad 39A, Crew-11 began a roughly 16-hour orbital flight, called a phasing period,<strong> </strong>to catch up to the space station, compared to the near-40-hour spaceflight it would have had if the rocket had launched on July 31.

Despite the launch delay, NASA confirmed that Crew-11 would arrive at the space station at the time originally planned.

Following the crew’s arrival, they will participate in a three-day handover period with the Crew-10 mission.

This was the third launch of the Dragon 9 booster, which made the final landing on Landing Zone 1 at Kennedy Space Center, the sixth flight for the Endeavor capsule, and SpaceX’s fourth crewed flight and fifth overall to the space station so far this year.

Crew-11 will then spend 6 months onboard, doing a variety of scientific experiments, conducting lunar landing simulations and other tests to advance understanding of long-term spaceflight on the human body, and receiving multiple different resupply modules. SpaceX’s upcoming cargo mission will deliver a booster kit designed to help save fuel already onboard to keep the space station at an optimal altitude.

The most seasoned among the crew was Fincke, having already logged 381 days, 15 hours, and 11 minutes in space, including nine spacewalks, over his three previous trips to the space station for Expedition 9 in 2004, Expedition 18 in 2008, and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, in 2011. Crew-11 was his first trip to space in more than a decade.

Next in experience was Yui, who recorded 142 days in space serving as a flight engineer for Expeditions 44 and 45. He was the first Japanese astronaut to use the station’s robotic arm to capture JAXA’s H-II cargo vehicle, and he is expected to play a significant role in the capture of JAXA’s HTV-X unmanned vehicle.

Cardman and Platonov made their first-ever trip to space on Aug. 1.

This mission was the first crewed launch of the NASA–SpaceX partnership since the public falling out between President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and the withdrawal of Trump’s nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator.
<h2>25 Years of Continuous Human Presence in Space</h2>
Crew-11 will be part of the 73rd and 74th Expedition crews, and will be on the space station on Nov. 2 to mark 25 years of continuous human presence in space, thanks to the International Space Station.

Starting with long-duration crews of three, the station grew to accommodate long-term crews of seven, hosting as many as 13 astronauts at a time during short-term space shuttle visits in 2009 and 2012. When Dragon Endeavor arrives, the station’s crew will grow to 11 during the handover with Crew-10.

According to NASA officials, the space station has received more than 280 individuals from 26 countries during its near-quarter-century of service, conducting more than 4,000 groundbreaking experiments.

Primarily reliant on the United States for its life support systems and on Russia for its propulsion systems, but also dependent upon the participation of JAXA, the European Space Agency, and other partners, the station is set to remain operational until at least 2028. However, NASA officials have expressed their desire to keep it going until 2030. It will be retired by a controlled deorbiting into the ocean that is said to take roughly two years.

By that point, it is expected that private spacefaring companies such as Axiom and Vast Space will launch their own orbiting modules, which NASA will utilize to maintain its continued presence.

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/science/nasa-spacex-launch-crew-11-to-space-station-5894773">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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