On Friday, August 1 at 11:43 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s 11th operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-11) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Dragon autonomously docked with the space station on Saturday, August 2 at 2:27 a.m. ET. 

The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew the Demo-2, Crew-2,
Ax-1, 
Crew-6, and Crew-8 missions to and from the space station. This was the third flight of the Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-4 and a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.


During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct new research to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit humanity on Earth.