The Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is finally launching today. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff at 3:45 pm IST [5:15 am ET] on February 13 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
On Thursday, NASA announced that mission leaders polled ‘go’ for Crew-12 after completing the mission readiness review. SpaceX also said that the all systems are looking good and weather is 90% favourable for launch. The mission was delayed twice before due to unfavourable conditions around the launch site.
Crew-12 will launch to the @Space_Station no earlier than Feb. 13.
Liftoff is scheduled for 5:15 a.m. EST (1015 UTC), and coverage begins here at 3:15am ET (0815 UTC). pic.twitter.com/5oyaA6FrNb
— NASA (@NASA) February 12, 2026
Members of Crew-12 include NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (commander) and Jack Hathaway (pilot), European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot (specialist) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (specialist). The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to reach the station at 1:45 am on February 15 [3:15 pm EST, Feb 14].
Where to watch NASA mission live?
The live coverage of Crew-12’s launch will begin an hour prior to liftoff on SpaceX’s official website and X handle. NASA will also stream the event on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and its YouTube channel starting 1:45 pm IST.
Crew-12 set to occupy the ISS
The space station currently has just three members instead of the normal seven. Four astronauts of the Crew-11 mission had to return weeks earlier than planned in mid-January due a medical issue with one of its members. NASA carried out the first ever medical evacuation on the station to bring them home, although, it did not reveal the nature of the illness or identity of the affected member.
Once Dragon reaches the ISS, Crew-12 will be welcomed by NASA’s Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev who arrived in a Soyuz spacecraft in November 2025.
Meir and team will spend approximately eight months aboard the station and conduct several experiments focused on human health and plant growth.
Williams and his colleagues are also on an eight-month mission and they’re scheduled to return in July after handing over the responsibilities to another Soyuz crew consisting of NASA’s Anil Menon and Russia’s Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Russia’s only active female cosmonaut.
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