NASA will present protection of the upcoming prelaunch and launch actions for the company’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the Worldwide Area Station.
Liftoff is focused for 12:09 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 31, from Launch Complicated 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida. The focused docking time is roughly 3 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 2.
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The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov to the orbiting laboratory for a science mission. That is the eleventh crew rotation mission and the twelfth human spaceflight mission for NASA to the area station supported by the Dragon spacecraft since 2020 as a part of the company’s Industrial Crew Program.
The deadline for media accreditation for in particular person protection of this launch has handed. The company’s media credentialing policy is out there on-line. For questions on media accreditation, please e mail: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
Media who want entry to NASA dwell video feeds could subscribe to the company’s media assets distribution checklist to obtain each day updates and hyperlinks.
NASA’s mission protection is as follows (all occasions Japanese and topic to alter primarily based on real-time operations):
Saturday, July 26
1 p.m. – Crew-11 arrival media occasion at NASA Kennedy with the next members:
- Zena Cardman, spacecraft commander, NASA
- Mike Fincke, pilot, NASA
- Kimiya Yui, mission specialist, JAXA
- Oleg Platonov, mission specialist, Roscosmos
Watch dwell protection of the crew arrival media occasion on the NASA Kennedy’s social media accounts.
This occasion is open to in particular person media solely beforehand credentialed for this occasion. Observe @NASAKennedy on X for the battery-powered cars arrival updates.
Wednesday, July 30
5:30 p.m. – Prelaunch information convention with the next members:
- Ken Bowersox, affiliate administrator, NASA’s Area Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, supervisor, NASA’s Industrial Crew Program
- Dana Weigel, supervisor, NASA’s Worldwide Area Station Program
- William Gerstenmaier, vp, Construct and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
- Sergei Krikalev, deputy director common, Manned and Automated Complexes, Roscosmos
- Naoki Nagai, program supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, Human Spaceflight Expertise Directorate, JAXA
NASA will present dwell protection of the information convention on the company’s YouTube channel.
Media could ask questions in particular person and by way of cellphone. For the dial-in quantity and passcode, media ought to contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than one hour previous to the start of the information convention at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Thursday, July 31
8 a.m. – Launch protection begins on NASA+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.
12:09 p.m. – Launch
Following the conclusion of launch protection, NASA will distribute audio-only discussions between Crew-11, the area station, and flight controllers throughout Dragon’s transit to the orbital advanced. NASA+ protection resumes firstly of rendezvous and docking and continues via hatch opening and the welcoming remarks.
1:30 p.m. – Postlaunch information convention with the next members:
- Ken Bowersox, affiliate administrator, NASA’s Area Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, supervisor, NASA’s Industrial Crew Program
- Dana Weigel, supervisor, NASA’s Worldwide Area Station Program
- Sergei Krikalev, deputy director common, Manned and Automated Complexes, Roscosmos
- Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, affiliate director common, Area Exploration Middle/Area Exploration Innovation Hub Middle, JAXA
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Administration, SpaceX
NASA will present dwell protection of the postlaunch information convention on the company’s YouTube channel.
Media could ask questions in particular person and by way of cellphone. Restricted auditorium area might be accessible for in particular person participation. For the dial-in quantity and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than one hour previous to the start of the information convention at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Saturday, Aug. 2
1 a.m. – Arrival protection begins on NASA+.
3 a.m. – Focused docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Concord module.
4:45 a.m. – Hatch opening
5:30 a.m. – Welcome ceremony
All occasions are estimates and may very well be adjusted primarily based on real-time operations after launch. Observe the space station weblog for probably the most up-to-date operations info.
Dwell Video Protection Previous to Launch
NASA will present a dwell video feed of Launch Complicated 39A roughly six hours previous to the deliberate liftoff of the Crew-11 mission. Pending unlikely technical points, the feed might be uninterrupted till the prelaunch broadcast begins on NASA+, roughly 4 hours previous to launch. As soon as the feed is dwell, discover it on-line at: http://youtube.com/kscnewsroom.
NASA Web site Launch Protection
Launch day protection of the mission might be accessible on the NASA web site. Protection will embrace livestreaming and weblog updates starting no sooner than 8 a.m., July 31, because the countdown milestones happen. On-demand streaming video on NASA+ and pictures of the launch might be accessible shortly after liftoff. For questions on countdown protection, contact the NASA Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Observe countdown protection on the commercial crew or Crew-11 weblog.
Attend Launch Nearly
Members of the general public could register to attend this launch just about. NASA’s digital visitor program for this mission additionally contains curated launch assets, notifications about associated alternatives or modifications, and a stamp for the NASA digital visitor passport following launch.
Audio Solely Protection
Launch audio additionally might be accessible on Launch Data Service and Newbie Tv System’s VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz and KSC Newbie Radio Membership’s UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard inside Brevard County on the Area Coast.
Watch, Have interaction on Social Media
Let folks know you’re following the mission on X, Fb, and Instagram through the use of the hashtags #Crew11 and #NASASocial. You might also keep linked by following and tagging these accounts:
X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @Space_Station, @ISS National Lab, @SpaceX
Fb: NASA, NASAKennedy, ISS, ISS National Lab
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @ISS, @ISSNationalLab, @SpaceX
Protection en Espanol
Do you know NASA has a Spanish part known as NASA en Espanol? Take a look at NASA en Espanol on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for extra mission protection.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425; antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov; o Messod Bendayan: 256-930-1371; messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.
NASA’s Industrial Crew Program has delivered on its aim of secure, dependable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the Worldwide Area Station from the US via a partnership with American non-public trade. This partnership is opening entry to low Earth orbit and the Worldwide Area Station to extra folks, extra science, and extra business alternatives. For nearly 25 years, people have repeatedly lived and labored aboard the Worldwide Area Station, advancing scientific data and demonstrating new applied sciences that allow us to organize for human exploration of the Moon as we put together for Mars.
For extra details about the mission, go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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