Crew-12 Launches

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the companys Dragon spacecraft is shipped on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb.

13, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s [] 1 min read Crew-12 Launches Gary Daines Feb 13, 2026 Image Article NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the companys Dragon spacecraft is shipped on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. (shocking, we know)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program .

The Details

Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev shipped at 5:15 a. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a mission aboard the orbital outpost.

After NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev arrive at the space station, they will conduct various experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit life on Earth and in orbit, furthering our journey back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond.

Why This Matters

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The Bottom Line

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