The subsequent 4 folks to launch to the Worldwide House Station have arrived at their launch web site.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov flew on a NASA plane from Ellington Subject in Houston, Texas to Kennedy House Heart (KSC) in Florida on Saturday (July 26). They touched down at House Florida’s Launch and Touchdown Facility (LLF) at 1:12 p.m. EDT (1712) GMT.
“We’re completely joyed to be right here at Kennedy House Heart,” mentioned Cardman, Crew-11 commander. “That is the primary second when it is actually beginning to really feel actual. That is the start of per week when issues will really feel progressively an increasing number of actual as we strategy our launch.”
Cardman, Fincke, Yui and Platonov are scheduled to launch because the members of SpaceX’s Crew-11 aboard the Dragon “Endeavour” on a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC’s Launch Advanced 39A on Thursday (July 31) at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). Ought to the flight go as deliberate, they are going to dock to the orbiting laboratory subsequent Saturday (Aug. 2) to hitch the station’s Expedition 73 (and later Expedition 74) crew.
“Boy, it is nice to be again,” mentioned Fincke, Crew-11 pilot.” “One of many final occasions I landed on the on the [LLF] was on area shuttle Endeavour, and now we get to go on one other endeavor, a Dragon Endeavour, this time.”
On Friday, mission managers gave their “go” for launch preparations to proceed after concluding a flight readiness assessment.
“We’re wanting ahead to launching quickly,” mentioned Fincke.
