Overview
- Dragon arrived at the station around 3:15 p.m. ET on Feb. 14, bringing the ISS back to seven occupants after last month’s medical-driven departure of Crew-11.
- The mission launched at 5:15 a.m. ET on Feb. 13 from Space Launch Complex 40, and the Falcon 9 booster returned to land at LZ-40.
- The crew comprises NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
- NASA says the increment will emphasize human-physiology research, technology demonstrations, routine upkeep, and spacewalks that were previously delayed.
- Liftoff slipped two days due to high winds along the ascent corridor, and SpaceX’s reliability chief said a recent Starlink upper-stage issue did not require changes to Crew-12’s profile.