The four members of SpaceX's Crew 11 walk and wave as they approach a microphone at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Image credit: NASA) Cardman, Fincke, Yui and Platonov are scheduled to launch as the members of SpaceX's Crew-11 aboard the Dragon "Endeavour" on a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC's Launch Complex 39A on Thursday (July 31) at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). Should the flight go as planned, they will dock to the orbiting laboratory next Saturday (Aug. 2) to join the station's Expedition 73 (and later Expedition 74) crew. "Boy, it's great to be back," said Fincke, Crew-11 pilot." "One of the last times I landed on the at the [LLF] was on space shuttle Endeavour, and now we get to go on another endeavor, a Dragon Endeavour, this time." On Friday, mission managers gave their “go” for launch preparations to proceed after concluding a flight readiness review. "We're looking forward to launching soon," said Fincke. Get the Space.com Newsletter