Kevin Vega, Commercial Crew Program Chief Engineer, monitors the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov onboard, Monday, July 28, 2025, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangerX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch on 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 31, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Final Launch Operations Rehearsal
Jeremy Hart, Integrated Performance Chief Engineer for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, center, speaks with Nicole Jordan, NASA operations manager for the Commercial Crew Program, left, and Kevin Vega, Commercial Crew Program Chief Engineer, as teams monitor the countdown of a launch attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov onboard, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Today’s launch of Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov was scrubbed due to weather and is now scheduled for 11:43 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Launch Attempt
NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Victor Glover pose with recipients of the Silver Snoopy award after the ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left to right, those photographed include Wilson; Marcos Otero-Cruz, Defense Contract Management Agency; Mark Burton, Jacobs Technology; Kevin Vega, NASA Engineering; John Posey, NASA Engineering; Miles Ashley, NASA Engineering; Jamie Szafran, NASA Engineering; Paul Kuracz, NASA Engineering; Wilson Zheng, Jacobs Technology; Mark Dykstra, Defense Contract Management Agency; Elizabeth Cook, Safety and Mission Assurance; Dean Kendall, Jacobs Technology; Connie Lehan, NASA Engineering; Paul Janes, Jacobs Technology; Glover; and in front, Salim Nasser, NASA Engineering. The Silver Snoopy is part of NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program, which recognizes outstanding job performances and contributions by civil servants and contract employees. It focuses on excellence in quality and safety in support of human spaceflight.
Silver Snoopy Ceremony 2024