# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-08-01T21:04:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Go, Crew-11! 🎉

NASA astronauts zenanaut and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov lifted off from NASAKennedy at 11:43 a.m. EDT on Aug. 1 aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.

Crew-11 will dock at the ISS on Saturday, Aug. 2; after their arrival, they’ll perform scientific research, demonstrate new technologies, and help maintain the orbiting laboratory for the next several months.

During the mission, Crew-11 will also contribute to NASAArtemis by simulating Moon landing scenarios that astronauts may encounter near the lunar South Pole, showing how the space station helps prepare crews for deep space human exploration.

Swipe through to see a few photos from the launch.

Image descriptions:

1) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, riding a white, conical Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket, rises from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

2) The four members of Crew-11, wearing their white flight suits, stand and wave. The back of a car is out-of-focus in the foreground. 

3) Dragon and the top half of Falcon 9 are seen up close, with the launch tower behind them, at liftoff.

4) Crew-11 rises far above the grassy ground beneath it, with a tall pillar of flame below the rocket. Clouds fill the sky.

5) Crew-11 soars above the clouds, as seen from a far distance, and into the blue sky.

Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

#NASA #Crew11 #Launch #WeHaveLiftoff

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