KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX crews were forced to scrub the launch of Crew-11 on Thursday due to weather issues near the launch pad.
A Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch Crew-11 at 12:09 p.m.
Standing down from today's Falcon 9 launch of Dragon due to cloud cover at the launch site.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 31, 2025
Teams now targeting Friday, August 1 for launch of Dragon and Crew-11 to the @Space_Station
Large crowds have been gathering near Kennedy Space Center to see the launch in person.
Meet the crew flying on Dragon for @NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the @Space_Station → https://t.co/DIuBob7vs6 pic.twitter.com/wEUeNBwrUk
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 31, 2025
The Crew-11 launch will now be moved to Friday.
Crew-11 plans to spend six to eight months at the ISS doing science, maintenance, and helping prepare for future moon missions.
Among them is mission commander Zena Cardman, a marine biologist turned astronaut, making her first trip to space.
“Life is a journey, it takes many turns, and I’m just grateful to be here,” Cardman said.
Cardman and her crew will fly aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, the same spacecraft that carried the first astronauts to the ISS in 2020.
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