Following a weather scrub, SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-11 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. The liftoff occurred 11:43 a.m. August 1.

The Cape's August launch schedule kicks off with NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, with space fans anticipating target dates for United Launch Alliance's USSF-106 national security mission and Blue Origin's next New Glenn rocket liftoff.

NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research.