NASA has scheduled its Crew-12 mission to launch on February 11, sending a team of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) to join the three remaining crew members on board.4
How to watch the Crew-12 mission launch live?
NASA will also livestream the mission’s prelaunch, launch and docking activities on NASA+, Amazon Prime and its YouTube channel, with coverage beginning at 4 a.m. (EST) on February 11. Viewers can bookmark the page to watch the launch live.
The launch date for the Crew-12 mission was moved closer to February 15 to target liftoff at 6:01 a.m. Eastern Time (EST) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Note that the astronauts are currently in quarantine, and if all goes as planned, their Dragon capsule will dock with the ISS around 10:30 a.m. on February 12.
The mission follows the early return of Crew 11 members on January 15, which was forced by a medical issue involving one of the astronauts. Even though the astronaut was stable, the ISS did not have the equipment necessary for a proper diagnosis, leading NASA to take the entire Crew-11 team home.
Crew-12 will be hosted by NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts, and will complete a full six-pack of astronauts aboard the ISS.
Astronauts from NASA’s Crew-12 mission
Crew 12 includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
Recently, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was delayed due to a problem with its upper stage, which threw its launch schedule into question. However, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the rocket for flight on February 6.
