‘Ride of a lifetime’: SpaceX delivers new crew to ISS in record-breaking 15 hours; station population hits 11
Saturday, 2 August 2025 () SpaceX successfully transported four astronauts to the International Space Station in a record-breaking 15 hours. The crew, including members from NASA, Japan, and Russia, will spend six months aboard the ISS, replacing the current team. This mission involves conducting simulations for future moon-landing scenarios as part of the Artemis program, while NASA considers adjustments to crew sizes and Starliner's future.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew-11 mission for NASA from Launch Complex-39 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Aug. 1, 2025 at 11:43 a.m. EDT.
On June 25th, SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 launched the Axiom-4 Mission, taking Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three international crewmates to the International Space Station..
Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla: India, Poland, and Hungary have launched astronauts into space for the first time in over 40 years, marking a historic return to human spaceflight. The Axiom-4..