BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA and SpaceX will try again Friday to launch the Crew-11 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida following a weather-related scrub the day prior.
The space agency said later in the afternoon Thursday that its mission teams had completed a weather review for the upcoming opportunity, which is currently set for 11:43 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1.
That latest review calls for a 75% chance that weather conditions are favorable at launch time, according to NASA, which added a backup opportunity will occur at 11:21 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, if needed.
Mission teams completed a weather review for the next opportunity, and conditions around the launch pad are forecast at 75% favorable for liftoff. However, conditions along the flight path of Dragon remain a watch item. Acceptable weather conditions at both the launch site and along the Dragon flight path are required for a “go” for liftoff.
Launch is targeted for 11:43 a.m. ET, with a backup opportunity available on Saturday, August 2 at 11:21 a.m. ET.
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Just like members who made up Crew-10, the team consists of two NASA astronauts, a JAXA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut.
[MORE: Meet the Crew-11 astronauts headed to the space station]
Crew-11 marks the 11th crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system and its 12th flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
News 6 will plan to stream coverage of the launch live at the top of this story and on YouTube.
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