NASA Opts for SpaceX Dragon for Starliner Crew as Testing Continues on Boeing Capsule Written 31 March 2025
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In this illustration, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is shown in low-Earth orbit. | NASA
Spaceflight Now reports, “The makeup of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station was announced publicly Thursday evening and it includes three astronauts who were previously assigned to other missions. Leading the flight, scheduled for no earlier than July 2025, is NASA astronaut Zena Cardman. She will be joined by fellow NASA astronaut and pilot Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.”
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