SpaceX Crew-11 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

For SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission, a Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov (Олег Платонов), from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 August 2025, at 15:43 UTC (11:43 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1094) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported AX-4 and one Starlink mission. The “Endeavour” Crew Dragon previously supported the Demo-2, Crew-2, Ax-1, Crew-6, and Crew-8 missions. Credit: NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Crew-11 and Falcon 9 landing #CrewDragon #Crew11