NASA has scheduled its Crew-12 mission for 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 Crew-12 mission launch live?
NASA will also live stream the mission’s pre-launch, launch and docking activities on NASA+, Amazon Prime and its YouTube channel, with coverage beginning at 4 AM (EST) on February 11th. Viewers can bookmark the page to watch the launch live.
The Crew-12 mission’s launch date has been moved closer from February 15 to target liftoff at 6:01 AM Eastern (EST) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
It should be noted that the astronauts are currently in quarantine and if all goes as planned, their Dragon capsule will dock with the ISS around 10:30 on February 12.
The mission comes on the heels of the early return of Crew-11 members on January 15, which was enforced by a medical concern involving one of the astronauts. Although the astronaut was stable, the ISS lacked the necessary equipment for proper diagnosis, prompting NASA to bring the entire Crew-11 team home.
Crew-12 will be welcomed by NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts, completing a full package of six astronauts aboard the ISS.
NASA Crew-12 mission astronauts
Crew-12 includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, the European Space Agency’s Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
Recently, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was delayed due to a problem with its upper stage, which called into question its launch schedule. However, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the rocket for flight on February 6.
