NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 5:15 a.m. EST on Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station for a long-duration science mission. Live mission coverage begins at 3:15 a.m. EST.
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