NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Visit Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui speak to employees in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, speaks to employees in Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, speaks to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, speaks to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, speaks to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

From left, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke speak to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center 

From left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui speak to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

From left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yu, and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes pose for a photograph with employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui speak to employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The three crew members, including Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Russia, spent five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

Crew 11’s mission was a long-duration one living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory in order to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

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Image Credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest
Date: June 11, 2026

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