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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

Coverage of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 Launch to the International Space Station (Launch scheduled at 5:15 a.m. EST).

Launch of Crew-12 with Sophie Adenot | εpsilon mission (Official English broadcast)

Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS) on Crew-12. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, no earlier than Friday 13 February 2026 at 10:15 GMT/11:15 CET (5:15 local …

Lancement de Crew-12 avec Sophie Adenot | mission εpsilon (Retransmission officielle en français)

Suivez en direct le lancement de l’astronaute de l’ESA Sophie Adenot à destination de la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) à bord de Crew‑12. Un lanceur Falcon 9 de SpaceX décollera du complexe de lancement spatial SLC‑40 du Centre spatial Kennedy de la NASA situé en Floride, aux États‑Unis, au plus …

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Crew-12

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 90%
B1101 - Landing Zone 40

SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 13, 2026, 6 a.m.

Launch pad assigned.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 3, 2026, 9:47 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 4, 2026, 11:35 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 9, 2026, 2:52 p.m.

Delayed to February 12 due to ascent abort contingency weather.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.

Delayed to February 13 due to ascent abort contingency weather.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1101

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 4, 2026
Last Flight: February 13, 2026
Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2
Previous B1101 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1101 has landed back at the launch site after its 2nd flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 40.

Crew Dragon Freedom


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 4 Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: C212

Crew Dragon spacecraft first used for Crew-4.

Crew Dragon 2 Details

Crew


Jessica Meir

Spacecraft Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: July 1, 1977
Age: 48

Jack Hathaway

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1982
Age: 44

Sophie Adenot

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( ESA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: July 5, 1982
Age: 43

Andrei Fedyaev

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Feb. 26, 1981
Age: 45

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 668 Failures: 15 Pending: 124

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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