NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Suit-Up and Walkout

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman waves inside a customized electric vehicle to family and friend’s moments before she is taken to Launch Pad 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, during the second launch attempt of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. Cardman and fellow NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, are scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy.