The American company SpaceX launched the manned spacecraft Crew Dragon from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, using a Falcon 9 rocket. Four participants in the Crew-11 mission were sent to the International Space Station: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, American astronauts Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui. Under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, has been transporting crews to the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft since 2020. On February 7, 2025, Roscosmos announced the inclusion of cosmonaut Oleg Platonov as a specialist in the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.
