{"id":245656,"date":"2025-07-03T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=ec32582d0f417c1dbd13916747b60678"},"modified":"2025-07-03T07:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:26:32","slug":"nasa-sets-briefings-for-spacex-crew-11-mission-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=245656","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-11 Mission to Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.<\/div>\n
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NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Thursday, July 10, from the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n

First is an overview news conference at 12 p.m. EDT with mission leadership discussing final launch and mission preparations on the agency\u2019s YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n

Next, crew will participate in a news conference at 2 p.m. on NASA\u2019s YouTube<\/a> channel, followed by individual astronaut interviews at 3 p.m. This is the final media opportunity with Crew-11 before they travel to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch.<\/p>\n

The Crew-11 mission, targeted to launch in late July\/early August, will carry NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov to the orbiting laboratory. The crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A.<\/p>\n

United States-based media seeking to attend in person must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, July 7, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>. A copy of NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n

Any media interested in participating in the news conferences by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom by 9:45 a.m. the day of the event. Media seeking virtual interviews with the crew must submit requests to the Johnson newsroom by 5 p.m. on Monday, July 7.<\/p>\n

Briefing participants are as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n

12 p.m.: Mission Overview News Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n