SpaceX Crew-12 Success: 4 Astronauts Head to ISS

SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-12 mission today, February 13, 2026, at 5:15 AM EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (Commander) and Jack Hathaway (Pilot), along with ESA’s Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

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This marks only the second crewed mission to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), as SpaceX shifts more Dragon flights to this pad to free up Pad 39A for Starship.

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Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster successfully returned to Earth, landing at Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) just minutes after liftoff.

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The crew will spend the next eight months on the ISS, conducting over 200 experiments, including critical research on blood clots in microgravity.

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Crew-12 joins the Expedition 74 crew, returning the space station to its full seven-person capacity after an early medical evacuation earlier this year.

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