SpaceX’s Epic 48 Hours: Astronauts Blast Off, Starship Roars & Starlink Soars (Aug 1–2, 2025)
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 with nine Merlin engines from Kennedy Space Center at 11:43 a.m. EDT on August 1, 2025, on the Crew Dragon Endeavour for NASA’s Crew-11