Crew-12 will launch to the @Space_Station no earlier than Feb. 13.
Liftoff is scheduled for 5:15 a.m. EST (1015 UTC), and coverage begins here at 3:15am ET (0815 UTC).
@NASA@Space_Station This will happen due to @SpaceX Falcon 9 main booster and Dragon Spacecraft. Why no mention of SpaceX? The main booster will land back at Landing Zone 40, SpaceX's new launch facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. @elonmusk
Delays in spaceflight aren’t weakness, they’re engineering discipline. If a launch slips, it usually means risk margins are being respected. Crew-12 isn’t about spectacle, it’s about precision timing, orbital mechanics and zero-error tolerance. How many industries would delay billions just to double-check safety? 🚀
Exciting to see Crew-12 finally gearing up for launch tomorrow! Jessica Wittner becomes only the 2nd woman ever to command a Dragon mission (after Megan McArthur in 2021). The mission will carry the first ESA large-scale plant growth experiment (using Arabidopsis) to study gravity’s effect on root architecture — key for future lunar/Mars food production. Also noteworthy: Andrey Fedyaev returns for his second long-duration flight just 3 years after his first. Wishing the international crew a smooth ride to the station. Godspeed!
@NASA@Space_Station This looks awesome! Glad this is happening very soon. Yes I think we are at the point of the testing. I think we should live there for sometime as well. That is gonna be really far out
@NASA@Space_Station Some of us here @itsohgross get car sick on a windy car ride or are afraid of heights! @NASA we can't imagine what that feels like....any comparisons?
@NASA@Space_Station 5:15 AM? Seriously? My coffee's gonna need a booster rocket to get me that awake. Good luck to Crew-12, hope they brought extra caffeine.