NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Completes Dry Dress Rehearsal
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members achieved a critical prelaunch milestone by completing their dry dress rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev practiced launch day operations, including suiting up, traveling to the pad, and boarding the spacecraft. These operations are done without fueling the rocket, which is why it’s called a dry dress rehearsal.
The launch team also practiced countdown operations and confirmed the spacecraft, crew access, and emergency egress procedures are on track before fueling the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Earlier today, agency leaders and partners held a prelaunch news conference to discuss the upcoming Crew-12 mission. Watch the full briefing here.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission adjusted its launch date due to forecast weather conditions along the flight path of the Dragon spacecraft. Launch is scheduled no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.
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