NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Pre-departure: Behind the Scenes | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Pre-departure: Behind the Scenes | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members board an elevator during walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for nearby Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral for launch of Crew-12 on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members suit up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot of France

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members suit up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot of France

Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia conducts leak checks for his SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot conducts leak checks on her SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room 

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot prepares to depart the crew suit-up room

NASA astronaut and Crew-12 Commander Jessica Meir conducts leak checks for her SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room

NASA astronaut and Crew-12 Commander Jessica Meir conducts leak checks for her SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members suit up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. 

On Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5:15 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Crew-12, Dragon’s 12th operational human spaceflight mission, to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot of France, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia. Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station on Saturday, February 14 at approximately 3:15 p.m. ET. 

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineer: Sergei Mikaev
NASA Flight Engineer: Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Date: Feb. 13, 2026

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