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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 launched on February 13, 2026 at 5:15 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral SLC-40, aboard Dragon "Freedom" on a Falcon 9. Commander Jessica Meir and pilot Jack Hathaway (NASA), mission specialists Sophie Adenot (ESA — Epsilon mission, first 2022 ESA career astronaut to fly) and Andrey Fedyaev (Roscosmos) docked at ISS on February 14 at 3:15 p.m. EST in a Valentine's Day arrival. The mission restored ISS to a standard seven-person crew following the early medical evacuation of Crew-11 in January. Crew-12 will conduct eight months of science including pneumonia bacteria cardiovascular research, on-demand IV fluid generation for future space missions, and plant health monitoring.
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