Crew-12 lifts off — Jessica Meir is back, and Sophie Adenot becomes the first 2022 ESA astronaut to fly

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.