Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX participates in a postlaunch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 a.m. EDT on the 11th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.