Late Fall H3 • HTV-XLaunch time: TBDLaunch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space CenterAn H3 launch vehicle, a rocket developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will launch the first HTV-X cargo resupply vehicle to the International Space Station.
Today at 00:25 Moscow time, the Progress MS-31 cargo ship automatically docked with the Poisk small research module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.The ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle on July 3.The Progress MS-31 delivered 2,625 kg of cargo to the International Space Station, including 1,205 kg of dry cargo for the crew of the 73rd long-term expedition, 950 kg of fuel for refueling the station, 420 kg of drinking water for astronauts, and 50 kg of nitrogen to replenish the ISS atmosphere. The ship also brought equipment for the scientific experiments Virtual, Biodegradation, Fullerene, Biopolymer, Impulse, and Mirage to the station.
UPDATED JULY 10, 2025...A Falcon 9 will launch the next crew of four to the ISS, Crew-11, from pad 39A on July 31 at 12:09 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
NET July 31 Falcon 9 • Crew-11Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaSpaceX will launch its Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying three astronauts and a cosmonaut to begin a long-duration mission onboard the International Space Station. This will be the 11th crew rotation mission launched under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission will be led by NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, who will be making her first trip to space. She was previously assigned as the commander of the Crew-9 mission before NASA removed her and fellow NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson to create space for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return onboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft. Cardman will be joined by fellow NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. Platonov will be making his first trip to space. This will be the fourth trip to the ISS for Fincke and the second for Yui.Updated: July 10
Axiom Space @Axiom_SpaceThe #Ax4 crew is scheduled to undock from the @Space_Station no earlier than Monday, July 14, at 7:05 a.m. ET.
Monday, July 144:30 a.m. | Coverage of the departure operations of the Axiom Mission 4 crew from the International Space Station. Stream on NASA+6:45 a.m. | Coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 crew from the International Space Station. Undocking is scheduled for 7:05 a.m. Stream on NASA+
On Monday, July 14 at 7:05 a.m. ET, Dragon is targeted to autonomously undock from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of California 22.5 hours later at approximately 2:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday, July 15.A live webcast of Ax-4’s return to Earth will begin about 20 minutes prior to undocking, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.Aboard the spacecraft will be Ax-4 astronauts Peggy Whitson, Shubhandshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu, who flew to the space station on Dragon when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 25 at 2:31 a.m. ET. ...Mission TimelineAll Times ApproximateJuly 14 - July 15 Event5:20 a.m. ET | July 14 Dragon Hatch Closure7:05 a.m. ET | July 14 Dragon Autonomously Undocks from the International Space Station7:05 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 07:10 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 17:58 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 28:45 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 31:37 a.m. PT | July 15 Deorbit Burn1:56 a.m. PT | July 15 Trunk Jettison2:00 a.m. PT | July 15 Nosecone Closed2:27 a.m. PT | July 15 Drogue Parachutes Deploy2:28 a.m. | July 15 Main Parachutes Deploy2:30 a.m. | July 15 Dragon Splashdown
On Monday, July 14 at 7:15 a.m. ET, Dragon autonomously undocked from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of California 22.5 hours later at approximately 2:31 a.m. PT on Tuesday, July 15.A live webcast of Ax-4’s return to Earth will begin about one hour prior to splashdown, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.Aboard the spacecraft will be Ax-4 astronauts Peggy Whitson, Shubhandshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu, who flew to the space station on Dragon when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 25 at 2:31 a.m. ET. ...July 14 - July 15 Event5:20 a.m. ET | July 14 Dragon Hatch Closure7:05 a.m. ET | July 14 Dragon Autonomously Undocks from the International Space Station7:05 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 07:10 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 17:58 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 28:45 a.m. ET | July 14 Departure Burn 31:37 a.m. PT | July 15 Deorbit Burn1:56 a.m. PT | July 15 Trunk Jettison2:00 a.m. PT | July 15 Nosecone Closed2:27 a.m. PT | July 15 Drogue Parachutes Deploy2:28 a.m. PT | July 15 Main Parachutes Deploy2:31 a.m. PT | July 15 Dragon Splashdown
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialAx 4: The de-orbit burn is expected to begin at 4:37am EDT (0837 UTC), slowing the ship by about 116 meters/second to lower the far side of the orbit into the atmosphere on a trajectory carrying the crew to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast near San Diego at 5:31am
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialAx 4: The deorbit burn is underway; this is a planned 17-minute 46-second firing of the Crew Dragon's forward Draco engines
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialAx 4: The Crew Dragon's no-longer-needed trunk has been jettisoned; by targeting splashdowns in the Pacific Ocean and delaying trunk separation until after the de-orbit burn, SpaceX ensures any trunk debris that survives entry heating will fall harmlessly into the sea
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialAx 4: The four main parachutes have deployed and inflated per the flight plan as seen in this infrared camera view:
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialAx 4: Spashdown! At ~5:31am EDT (0931 UTC); SpaceX recovery crews are heading for the Crew Dragon capsule to "safe" the vehicle and haul it aboard the recovery ship Shannon. Whitson to SpaceX: "Thanks for the great ride. ... happy to be back"
