A four-person crew, led by Commander Zena Cardman, launched aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday. The Crew-11 mission, including NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui, and Russia's Oleg Platonov, aims for a six-to-eight-month stay at the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully landed at LZ-1, marking its final use before conversion to a new launch site. SpaceX plans to shift onshore landings to newly constructed zones.

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