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Crew-12 Launch With France’s Sophie Adenot Delayed to Friday Due to Ascent-Corridor Winds

Launch teams are monitoring conditions for the next window with the crew in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center.

[Ina FASSBENDER / AFP]
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L'astronaute française Sophie Adenot après une conférence de presse de l'Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) à Cologne, en Allemagne, le 3 mai 2023
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Overview

  • SpaceX set the earliest launch opportunity to Friday, Feb. 13 at 5:15 a.m. local time (11:15 a.m. Paris) because strong winds along the ascent corridor affect abort and recovery plans.
  • NASA and SpaceX had already moved off the Feb. 11 target and then the Feb. 12 window after reviewing weather forecasts, and officials say further slips remain possible.
  • The Crew-12 roster pairs ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos’ Andrey Fedyaev aboard Falcon 9/Crew Dragon from Cape Canaveral.
  • Adenot will carry Claudie Haigneré’s mission patch, underscoring a symbolic return of a French woman to orbit following Haigneré’s 1996 and 2001 flights.
  • Mission Epsilon is slated to conduct roughly 200 scientific and educational investigations, including EchoFinder AI-assisted ultrasound and the PhysioTool cardiovascular study, with media reporting an eight to nine month stay.