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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Arrives at Launch Pad

    Image shows the night time sky with lights illuminating a SpaceX rocket and crew access arm. Photo credit: NASA

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 arrived at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Today’s mission is the second crewed launch from pad 40. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 was the first in September 2024. The first rocket launch from the pad was a Titan IIIC in June […]

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    Meet NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12

    Four people - two men on the left and two women on the right - pose with the Crew-12 mission insignia. They are all wearing blue jumpsuits with various patches on them. The insignia is on the wall, framed in a black recess. Autographed patches are stuck on the wall around the black frame.

    NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will serve as the spacecraft commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. This will be the second flight to the International Space Station for Meir, who was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. The Caribou, Maine, native earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, a […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Greet Family, Friends During Walkout

    NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev waved to family, friends, and supporters as they walked out of the Astronaut Crew Quarters at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Florida. The crew walkout and greeting are a tradition that dates […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Complete Suit-Up

    Image shows four astronauts in their white and black spacesuits stacking their hands in the middle before their launch to the International Space Station at 515 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 13. Photo credit: NASA

    Suit leak checks are complete for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 as they prepare to leave the Astronaut Crew Quarters at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to head to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for launch. Moments ago, the crew members played the traditional card game. The […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch Milestones

    Image shows a night time sky with a white SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and spacecraft at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the Crew-12 mission. Photo credit: SpaceX

    NASA and its partner SpaceX will be tracking several milestones leading up to the launch of the agency’s SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Suit Up

    Image shows two NASA astronauts in their white and black SpaceX suits undergoing suit leak checks ahead of launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Photo credit: NASA

    Live blog coverage is underway for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft no earlier than […]

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    NASA, SpaceX Work Toward Friday Morning Crew-12 Launch

    Image shows a sunset at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's spacecraft is atop, along with the crew access arm and lighting tower. Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

    NASA and SpaceX teams are continuing final preparations on Thursday as the four crew members of Crew-12 follow their own precise checklist of activities before they launch to the International Space Station. Crew-12 is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 13, […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Proceeds Toward Launch

    NASA and SpaceX teams completed the final major review – the Launch Readiness Review – for the agency’s Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, with mission leaders polling “go” to proceed into the launch countdown pending weather along the ascent corridor.

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