SpaceX Launches Crew-11 Mission Amid Favorable Weather

SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA's 11th crewed mission, dubbed Crew-11. The launch, which experienced a one-day delay due to weather, proceeded on Friday after clouds cleared just enough. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour and previously flown by NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, is carrying NASA's Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, along with Kimiya Yui of Japan and Oleg Platonov of Russia. Despite the delay, the astronauts are reportedly doing well, and their docking with the space station is still scheduled for Saturday at 3 a.m. Eastern time, coincidentally the fifth anniversary of the first Crew Dragon mission's splashdown.