AI-assisted summary Crew-11 astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center to prepare for their launch to the International Space Station. The crew, consisting of NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos astronauts, will launch no earlier than July 31st. The Crew-11 mission will utilize the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor, marking its sixth flight. On a hot summer afternoon, a crew of astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center sporting their blue NASA flight suits -- ready to fly to the International Space Station this coming week. As the NASA Gulfstream aircraft rolled to a stop at the Space Florida Landing Facility, the four crew members of Crew-11 exited and proceeded toward the waiting media. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will launch to the space station no earlier than 12:09 p.m. July 31. The crew will travel in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. "I've been on different crews before, but this one is exceptional," said Fincke, who will be the mission pilot. "We've been training together for over a year now, and we're ready to fly," added Cardman, who will serve as commander. It will be Cardman's first spaceflight. Cardman was originally scheduled to fly in 2024 as part of Crew-9, but was reassigned to allow room on the Crew-9 SpaceX Dragon for the return of Starliner Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams. Wilmore and Williams were assigned to serve as part of Crew-9 after their Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned during its June 2024 flight test -- a mission which, had it been successful, would have certified the spacecraft to ferry NASA astronauts alongside SpaceX's Dragon. "I'm so honored to be here with the crew, and taking part in this long history of human spaceflight," said Cardman.