{"id":286902,"date":"2026-02-12T04:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/286902\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:24:08","slug":"nasas-spacex-crew-12-proceeds-toward-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/286902\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-12 Proceeds Toward Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and SpaceX teams completed the final major review \u2013 the Launch Readiness Review \u2013 for the agency\u2019s Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, with mission leaders polling \u201cgo\u201d to proceed into the launch countdown pending weather along the ascent corridor. Liftoff remains targeted for no earlier than 5:15 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 13, aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Weather at the launch site is 85% favorable,\u00a0with cumulus clouds being the main concern. Teams continue to monitor\u00a0elevated winds along the Atlantic Coast in Crew-12\u2019s flight path which prompted earlier shits in the launch date from Feb. 11. <\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, commander, and Jack Hathaway, pilot, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will fly aboard the Dragon to begin an eight-month crew rotation mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. The four remain in quarantine at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida since arriving on Feb. 6\u00a0at the launch site.<\/p>\n<p>Crew-12 will be SpaceX\u2019s 12th crew rotational flight to the space station\u00a0and 13th crewed mission as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program.<\/p>\n<p>Watch agency launch coverage starting at 3:15 a.m., on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/nasas-spacex-crew-12-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA+<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/livetv\/ref=atv_hm_liv_LRad2e3b_slct?serviceToken=v0_Cl0KJDgwZjY2Yjk2LTg4YjYtNDI4Yy1iODJmLWEwNjA2MmQzZGMwORC49pn2uDMaLExpNitvL2dzaDBoR0NjVGdhVGdLTHptYkF6dHpuZ29zb2VJMDZ6YWhmZEk9IAESBmZpbHRlchgBIgRob21lKgRsaXZlWj8KDGxpbmVhckZpbHRlchIvCi1hbXpuMS1wdi1saW5lYXItbGl2ZV90YWItZmlsdGVyLWxlYXJuX2V4cGxvcmV6AIIBBjAAUABwAA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">watch NASA content<\/a>\u00a0through a variety of online platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n<p>For a Feb. 13 launch, Crew-12 would arrive at the space station at approximately 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Blog coverage of the Crew-12 launch will begin at 1:15 a.m. Feb. 11, and the live broadcast coverage begins at 4 a.m. on\u00a0NASA+,\u00a0Netflix,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/livetv\/ref=atv_hm_liv_LRad2e3b_slct?serviceToken=v0_Cl0KJGUwMTYwNTQwLWU2NjMtNGE1OC05MDczLTZiMmRmYjI5NWMyNRDwyY266jIaLExpNitvL2dzaDBoR0NjVGdhVGdLTHptYkF6dHpuZ29zb2VJMDZ6YWhmZEk9IAESBmZpbHRlchgBIgRob21lKgRsaXZlWj8KDGxpbmVhckZpbHRlchIvCi1hbXpuMS1wdi1saW5lYXItbGl2ZV90YWItZmlsdGVyLWxlYXJuX2V4cGxvcmV6AIIBBjAAUABwAA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, and more. Learn how to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">watch NASA content<\/a>\u00a0through a variety of platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770870248_418_nasa-starfield.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>February 11, 2026 5:17PM<\/p>\n<p>More from Commercial Crew Program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA and SpaceX teams completed the final major review \u2013 the Launch Readiness Review \u2013 for the agency\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[108466,85,4709,46,144482,145423,6355,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-286902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-commercial-crew","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-international-space-station-iss","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-jack-hathaway","13":"tag-jessica-u-meir","14":"tag-kennedy-space-center","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}