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Valentine's Day docking: Crew-12 arrives at ISS as the station gets back to full strength
Orig: Four people on NASA's Crew-12 arrive at International Space Station
NPR covers the Feb 14 docking. Meir at the ISS welcome ceremony: "We have so many countries represented, so many backgrounds, so many disciplines, and we are so excited to be here and to get to work." The mission replaces Crew-11, which departed ahead of schedule due to a medical evacuation — marking the first time in US space history a mission was cut short for medical reasons.
Crew-12 lifts off — Jessica Meir is back, and Sophie Adenot becomes the first 2022 ESA astronaut to fly
Orig: NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station
Official NASA press release on Crew-12 launch at 5:15 a.m. EST Feb 13. Crew: Meir (commander, second flight), Hathaway (pilot, first flight), Adenot (ESA Epsilon mission, first flight), Fedyaev (Roscosmos, second flight). ISS restored to standard 7-person crew after Crew-11's early medical evacuation in January. Eight-month science mission including bacteria cardiovascular research, IV fluid generation for deep space, and plant health monitoring.