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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission lifted off at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, are experiencing 2 g as SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket go through a rapid series of events.

The spacecraft will take about 34 hours to autonomously dock with the space station’s Harmony module at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, while traveling 17,000 mph in Earth orbit.  

Up next, the nine Merlin engines on Falcon 9’s first stage will burn through one million pounds of propellant during the next three minutes. 

Live coverage of the Crew-12 broadcast is airing on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch  NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.

Updates on today’s milestones will be posted on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.

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Crew 12: Fueling Underway for Rocket

Fueling of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has begun. Loading of rocket grade kerosene liquid oxygen into the rocket’s first stage is underway, and second-stage fueling will begin in a few minutes.

Once fueling is complete, the Dragon spacecraft will switch to internal power, the command flight computer will begin final prelaunch checks, propellant tanks will be pressurized to flight levels, and SpaceX launch director will verify go/no-go for launch.

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Crew 12: Access Arms Retracts

The crew access arm has retracted, and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launch escape system is armed. This system allows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an anomaly from liftoff until they reach orbit — a timespan of roughly 12 minutes.

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Crew-12: ‘Go’ for Fueling

The launch team has verified that controllers can soon begin loading propellants — liquid oxygen and refined, rocket-grade kerosene called RP-1 — into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s first and second stages. 

The SpaceX rocket and Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, commander, and Jack Hathaway, pilot, along with mission specialists ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, to the International Space Station at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Updates on this morning’s milestones will be posted on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.

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SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Hatch Closed

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 team is secure in their seats as the SpaceX crew closed the hatch to the Dragon spacecraft, with less than two hours remaining before liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The spacecraft previously flew NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, as well as Axiom Missions 2 and 3.

Watch NASA’s live launch coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.

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