<\/p>\n Crew-12 will be commanded by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, with mission pilot Jack Hathaway, and mission specialists Sophie Adenot from the European Space Agency and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They’ll join a sparse Expedition 74 crew of three currently occupying the ISS, left somewhat shorthanded after the early departure of Crew-11 astronauts, whose mission was cut short due to an undisclosed medical situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Fedyaev’s addition to the mission came later than his crewmates, after cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the manifest in December<\/a>, potentially for a U.S. national security violation.<\/p>\n The quartet are scheduled to remain in low Earth orbit for eight months compared to the typical six-month crew, made possible by a recent expansion of Dragon’s certified durational capabilities at the ISS.<\/p>\n SpaceX Crew-12 astronautsNASA Astronaut Jessica Meir<\/p>\n Crew-12 Commander<\/p>\n A native of Caribou, Maine, Meir was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. Crew-12 will be Meir’s second launch to space, and second stint aboard the ISS. Her first mission lifted off in September 2019, as part of the Soyuz MS-15 mission. She spent 205 days aboard the space station during that mission, completing the first three all-woman spacewalks with crewmate NASA astronaut Christina Koch. Between missions, Meir served as NASA’s chief astronaut for the SpaceX commercial crew program and assistant to the chief astronaut for the human landing system, and has also worked in the Flight Integration division.<\/p>\n NASA Astronaut Jack Hathaway<\/p>\n Crew-12 Pilot<\/p>\n Before Hathaway was selected as an astronaut in 2021, he served as a commander in the U.S. Navy, and earned degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, Cranfield University, in England, and the U.S. Naval War College. Crew-12 will be his first launch to space, but crew dragon Freedom will become one of many vehicles he’s flown. As a naval aviator, Hathaway has over 2,500 flight hours in 30 types of aircraft, according to his NASA bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot<\/p>\n Crew-12 Mission Specialist<\/p>\n French astronaut Sophie Adenot studied spacecraft flight dynamics before getting a Master of Science in human factors engineering at MIT in 2004. She joined the French Air Force in 2005 and worked in search and rescue, gaining experience flying in hostile environments. Adenot then worked as a test pilot between 2019 and 2022 before being selected as an ESA astronaut candidate in 2022, according to her ESA biography<\/a>. This will be her first mission in space.<\/p>\n Roscosmos Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev<\/p>\n Crew-12 Mission Specialist<\/p>\n Andrey Fedyaev studied air traffic control before joining the Russian Air Force in 2004, where he served until 2013, logging over 500 hours in various aircraft. Fedyaev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2012, and previously flew to the ISS as a member of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2s49nFoBuaVryqwScJkM8B.png\")
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