Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission on Thursday, July 31, experts from NASA and our mission partners share updates and answer media questions in a postlaunch news conference.
Participants include:
– Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
– Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
– Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
– Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, associate director general, Space Exploration Center/Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, JAXA
– Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 UTC) for a long-term science mission aboard the International Space Station. Crew-11 is scheduled to dock with the station on Saturday, Aug. 2.
See the full schedule of Crew-11 events: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-agencys-spacex-crew-11-launch-docking/
Watch the launch broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-k_LyA1DQQ
