Everything you need to know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station: Launch date and time
Those looking to watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission will have to wait a little longer due to unfavorable weather conditions. Here’s the new time and date.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission had been scheduled for departure on Wednesday 11 February. However, after a complete review of the weather conditions the mission could encounter during the rocket’s ascent, the U.S. space agency decided to waive off that launch opportunity.
The latest projected launch opportunity is for early morning on Friday 13 February when weather conditions are expected to improve. The four-person crew, consisting of two NASA astronauts, an ESA astronaut, and Roscosmos cosmonaut, will hitch a ride on a Dragon spacecraft which will deliver them to the International Space Station.
There they will join the crew of the Expedition 74 already aboard the orbiting laboratory. The members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission will spend eight months conducting “a variety of science experiments to advance research and technology for future Moon and Mars missions and benefit humanity back on Earth,” states the space agency.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission: Launch date and time
The latest launch time is targeted for Friday 13 February, 2026, no earlier than 5:15 am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Once in orbit they will make their way to rendezvous with the International Space Station and are expected to dock around 3:15 pm EST on Saturday, 14 February.
You can watch the Cape Canaveral launch and the crew’s arrival at the International Space Station streaming on various platforms including NASA’s YouTube channel and NASA+. Coverage for both events will begin two hours before they take place.
Who are the members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission?
The commander of the mission is NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway will serve as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will serve as mission specialists .
Both Meir and Fedyaev have extensive experience in space but this will be the first spaceflight for both Hathaway and Adenot.
Meir spent 205 days as a flight engineer during Expedition 61/62 and completed the first three all-women spacewalks with her NASA colleague astronaut Christina Koch, for a total of almost 22 hours outside the station.
Fedyaev previously spent 186 days on the orbiting laboratory as part of Expedition 69 serving as a flight engineer which earned him the title ‘Hero of the Russian Federation’ and was given the Yuri Gagarin Medal.
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