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<\/a><\/figure>NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft have reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crew will spend roughly the next 34 hours to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A postlaunch news conference will be held at 6:45 a.m. EST at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the following participants:\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman<\/li>\n
- Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration<\/li>\n
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NASA will air the postlaunch news conference on the agency\u2019s YouTube<\/a> channel. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Follow along Crew-12\u2019s journey posted on the\u00a0mission blog<\/a>,\u00a0@NASAKennedy<\/a>\u00a0and @spacestation<\/a> on X, or\u00a0NASA Kennedy<\/a>\u00a0and International Space Station<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n
The flight is the 12th crew rotation with SpaceX to the orbiting laboratory as part of\u00a0NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/a>. Crew-12 will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as benefit people on Earth.<\/p>\n
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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft have reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened.\u00a0 The crew will spend roughly the next 34 hours to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station.\u00a0\u00a0 A postlaunch news conference will [\u2026] Continue reading