Overview
- Dragon Freedom docked on February 14 at 3:15 p.m. ET after a roughly 34-hour rendezvous, carrying NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA’s Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos’ Andrei Fedyaev.
- ESA confirmed the official start of Adenot’s εpsilon mission, planned for up to nine months with dozens of European experiments across Columbus and Kibo modules.
- With the station back to seven crew, NASA says suspended spacewalks and trimmed research can resume at normal pace.
- The crew launched February 13 from Florida on a Falcon 9 after weather-related delays along the ascent corridor; the booster executed a successful landing at LZ-40, underscoring reusability.
- NASA continues to withhold details of the January in‑orbit illness that prompted Crew‑11’s early return, and Crew‑12 requested a post‑docking private medical conference under standard procedures.