Crew-11’s departure leaves the ISS, which is normally staffed by seven astronauts and cosmonauts, in the hands of cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who replaced Fincke as the Expedition 74 commander. Astronaut Chris Williams and cosmonaut Sergey Mikaev also remain onboard the orbital lab.

NASA announced this week that the test, dubbed “in-flight abort,” will occur Saturday between 8 am ET and noon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew Dragon will intentionally eject itself from a rocket as it blazes toward space in order to ...

SpaceX is set to launch its third mission of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.