NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Suit-up for Departure | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Suit-up for Departure | Kennedy Space Center

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

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 crew members play the traditional card game with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, inside 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.

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot of France (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia conduct leak checks for their SpaceX spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (left) and Jack Hathaway conduct leak checks for their SpaceX spacesuits

NASA Crew-12 emblem

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/Aubrey Gemignani, SpaceX
Date: Feb. 13, 2026

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