NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space S...

What’s Happening

Alright so NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan.

30, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. EST, mission leadership will discuss final launch and mission preparations in a news conference that will stream on the [] 5 min read NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station Jessica Taveau Jan 23, 2026 MEDIA ADVISORY M26-008 NASA Headquarters Johnson Space Center NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. (plot twist fr)

Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan.

The Details

Next, the crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission will participate in a virtual news conference from NASA Johnson crew quarters at 1 p. , also on the agency’s YouTube channel.

Individual streams for each of the events will be available on that page. This is the final media opportunity with Crew-12 before they travel to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch.

Why This Matters

Crew-12 will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway , ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the orbiting laboratory. The crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The agency is working with SpaceX and its international partners to review options to advance the launch of Crew-12 from its original target date of Sunday, Feb.

Scientists and researchers are watching this development closely.

Key Takeaways

• United States-based media interested in attending in person must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.
• 29, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.
• Media wishing to join the news conferences contact the Johnson newsroom by 9:45 a.
• A copy of NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online.

The Bottom Line

Media wishing to join the news conferences contact the Johnson newsroom by 9:45 a. A copy of NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online.

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