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SpaceX Dragon Launches Four-Person Crew 12 Toward the ISS

The mission follows an early return of Crew 11 due to a medical issue.

Overview

  • The crew consists of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrej Fedjaew.
  • Liftoff took place from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon after several days of delay.
  • The flight to the station is expected to take more than 30 hours with arrival anticipated on Saturday.
  • The astronauts plan to live and conduct research on the ISS for about eight months.
  • NASA has not disclosed details of January’s medical incident, which left only three on board in recent weeks: Christopher Williams, Sergej Mikaew, and Sergej Kud-Swertschkow.