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A dramatic, nebula-like plume from SpaceX's Falcon 9 during the Crew-12 launch from Cape Canaveral captures the science of rocket exhaust, while the mission's four astronauts dock with the ISS as part of NASA–SpaceX collaboration; the piece also notes the rocket's reusability and the environmental considerations of launches.
Crew-12 arrived at the International Space Station on Valentine’s Day, restoring a full seven-person crew after Crew-11’s health emergency prompted an early return that left only one NASA astronaut aboard. The four newcomers—Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway (NASA), Sophie Adenot (ESA), and Andrey Fedyaev (Roscosmos)—joined Expedition 74, with NASA and SpaceX having accelerated the launch to minimize the lone astronaut’s workload; the agency credited its workforce for making the rapid mission possible.
Four new crew members—NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA’s Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos’ Andrey Fedyaev—arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon, restoring the station to seven people after Crew-11 left early for a medical issue; Crew-12 will spend about eight months conducting experiments on food production, microgravity biology and other studies to advance future Moon and Mars missions.
SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronauts docked the Dragon capsule with the International Space Station on Valentine’s Day, delivering four crewmembers—Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev—to a skeleton ISS crew after Crew-11’s medical evacuation left the station short-handed; they’ll join three other astronauts for an eight-month stay, with hatch opening expected around 5 p.m. EST after cargo transfer.
Space.com captured Artemis 2’s SLS/Orion looming behind SpaceX’s Crew-12 Dragon on the Kennedy Space Center pad, illustrating NASA’s upcoming 10-day lunar mission while Crew-12 heads to the ISS. Artemis 2’s launch has been delayed to early March after a hydrogen leak, and the Artemis 2 crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will undertake a lunar flight, separate from Crew-12’s ISS mission.
SpaceX's Crew-12 mission, carrying Jessica Meir, Sophie Adenot, Andrey Fedayev and Jack Hathaway, launched from Cape Canaveral on Feb 13 and is set to dock the Dragon Freedom with the ISS on Feb 14 at about 3:15 p.m. EST, beginning an eight‑month stay for the four astronauts with NASA/Space.com live coverage starting earlier in the day.
Weather along the ascent corridor has postponed NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 launch to the ISS, with liftoff now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 12 at 5:38 a.m. EST and backups through Feb. 17 as weather models are reevaluated; a recent Falcon 9 static-fire revealed a minor valve issue that was replaced, and a dry dress rehearsal went smoothly. If Crew-12 launches on Feb. 12, ULA’s Vulcan window would be stood down. If needed, additional launch options exist through Feb. 13–17, with docking around Feb. 14 and potential longer transit times considered in scheduling.
NASA and SpaceX moved the Crew-12 launch to Feb. 12 from Cape Canaveral to restore the ISS to a seven‑person crew, after the station operated with a three‑person skeleton crew since mid‑January following Crew‑11’s medical evacuation. The four astronauts—Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev—are aiming for a Feb. 12 launch window of 5:38 a.m. ET, weather permitting, with Artemis‑2 activity also contributing to a busy Cape Canaveral schedule.
SpaceX fired the Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines for about 10 seconds in a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral's SLC-40 as NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos' Andrey Fedyaev prepare for the Crew-12 mission to the ISS aboard Crew Dragon Freedom, with launch-day rehearsals and a booster landing planned at Landing Zone 40 (booster tail number 1101).
The FAA has cleared SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to return to flight after investigating an upper-stage anomaly, setting up the Crew-12 mission to the ISS for Feb. 11 from Cape Canaveral aboard the Crew Dragon ‘Freedom.’ Four astronauts—NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and ESA’s Sophie Adenot—will restore the station’s crew to seven after Crew-11’s medical evacuation; the final mishap report identifies a stage-2 engine ignition failure before the deorbit burn and SpaceX has implemented preventive measures before flight.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has endured four upper-stage anomalies in 19 months. After FAA-mandated investigations, past cases took about two weeks, suggesting a return to flight around February 16, with Crew-12’s launch date targeted for mid-February; however, given the small sample size, the exact timeline remains uncertain.
NASA published its live-coverage plan for SpaceX Crew-12 to the International Space Station, covering a Feb. 11 liftoff (no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST) and a Feb. 12 docking, with prelaunch briefings, postlaunch discussions, and ongoing streams on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube, plus virtual attendance options and Spanish-language coverage.
NASA has approved the use of Apple iPhones for the Artemis II mission, with Crew-12 astronauts set to carry iPhones on the lunar-orbit flight.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 will conduct long‑duration ISS studies on how the body adapts to microgravity, including the Venous Flow study to assess blood circulation and clot risk, a Manual Piloting exercise simulating Moon landings to test disorientation and control after gravity shifts, and a vitamin B trial for spaceflight‑associated neuro‑ocular syndrome (SANS), with preflight, in‑flight, and postflight measurements to guide future Artemis missions and crew safety.
SpaceX has grounded its Falcon 9 after the upper stage failed to perform its planned deorbit burn on a Feb. 2 Starlink mission, with SpaceX and the FAA reviewing data to determine root cause before returning to flight. Crew-12 remains on track for an Feb. 11 launch to the ISS, as NASA and SpaceX press to restore the station’s seven-astronaut crew; the upper stage is passivating after venting propellant and is expected to re-enter soon.