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Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully transported an international crew of four astronauts, including two Americans and one Russian, to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying
Launching atop a Falcon 9 from Florida, Crew-12 is carried four new NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos crew members to the orbiting laboratory for an eight-month mission as part of Expedition 74/75. Liftoff occurred at 5:15 AM EST (10:15 UTC) on Friday,
The Crew 12 docking came one month after a previous crew had to return to Earth early due to a medical issue.
Crew-12 is the first spaceflight for Hathaway and Adenot and the second for Meir and Fedyaev. The cosmonaut was a late addition to the crew, coming aboard in early December to replace his countryman Oleg Artemyev, who was allegedly pulled for violating the U.S. law known as ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations).
SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts docked with the International Space Station on February 14, 2026, restoring full crew operations and beginning an eight-month mission, according to Space.com.
For the first time in its 25-year history, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station are occupied, according to NASA. The rare "orbital traffic jam" occurred after Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft was repositioned to the ...
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For the first time, the ISS is hosting 8 spacecraft
For the first time since humans began living in orbit, the International Space Station has every docking port filled, with eight visiting spacecraft clustered around its truss and modules like cars in a crowded cul-de-sac. The packed configuration turns a ...
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev is targeted to dock at 2:11 p.m. CT. The hatches are scheduled to open around 4 p.m. CT.