2025 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
SpaceX Crew-11 Launch of Crew-11
Names USCV-11 Mission type ISS crew transportOperator SpaceX COSPAR ID 2025-166A SATCAT no. 65077 Mission duration 166 days, 16 hours and 57 minutes Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Crew Dragon Endeavour Spacecraft type Crew Dragon Manufacturer SpaceX Crew Crew size 4 Members 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 Recovered by MV Shannon Landing date January 15, 2026, 08:41:36 UTC (12:41:36 am PST )[ 2] Landing site Pacific Ocean nearSan Diego (32°36′N 117°42′W / 32.6°N 117.7°W /32.6; -117.7 [ 2] 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 withISS Docking port Harmony Docking date August 2, 2025, 06:26:56 UTC Undocking date January 14, 2026, 22:20 UTC[ 2] Time docked 165 days, 15 hours and 53 minutes Platonov ,Yui ,Cardman , andFincke
SpaceX Crew-11 was the eleventh operational NASACommercial Crew Program flight and the 19th crewed orbital flight of aCrew Dragon spacecraft. The mission transported four crew members,NASA astronautsZena Cardman andMichael Fincke ,JAXA astronautKimiya Yui , andRoscosmos cosmonautOleg Platonov , to theInternational Space Station (ISS). The mission launched on August 1, 2025 and docked with the ISS the next day. On January 8, 2026, NASA announced that the mission would end about a month earlier than planned due to an undisclosed "medical situation" involving a crew member.[ 3]
Zena Cardman was originally assigned toSpaceX Crew-9 ,[ 4] Stephanie Wilson were removed from that flight,[ 5] Boeing Crew Flight Test due to issues with theBoeing Starliner Calypso [ 6] Michael Fincke andKimiya Yui were initially assigned toBoeing Starliner-1 , but they were reassigned to Crew-11 due to testing with theBoeing Starliner capsule.[ 7]
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%[ 10] Storm clouds at launch pad. 2 1 Aug 2025, 11:43:42 am Success 0 days 23 hours 34 minutes 75%[ 11]
The eleventh SpaceX operational mission in theCommercial Crew Program was scheduled for launch on July 31, 2025, but was scrubbed due to weather.[ 10] [ 12] Landing Zone 1 , which was then retired.[ 12] [ 13]
On January 7, 2026, one of the astronauts experienced an undisclosed "medical situation" that prompted NASA to cut the mission short.[ 14] extravehicular activity , USA EVA 94 that was supposed to take place on January 8, 2026. The EVA would have prepared the station to receive the final pair of ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs).[ 15] Jared Isaacman announced that Crew-11 would return to Earth early, because of the astronaut that is suffering the medical issue.[ 16] Crew-12 could be moved up from its planned mid-February 2026 launch date.[ 17] [ 18] Artemis II , which was planned to launch no earlier than March 6, 2025.[ 19]
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