The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees.

ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.

European Space Agency

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX

Minute

NASA, SpaceX, and ESA will host a press conference ahead of Crew-12 launch to the International Space Station with the following participants:
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA
- Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA
- Andreas Mogensen, Human Exploration Group Leader, ESA
- William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-12

Low Earth Orbit

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-12

Second

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40

Boeing

The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.

Commercial Crew Program

Human Spaceflight

Canadian Space Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.

International Space Station

Falcon 9

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Go for Launch

SpaceX Crew-12 Pre-Launch News Conference

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.

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Press Event

NASA and the agency's partners preview the launch of our SpaceX Crew-12 mission.

Participants include:
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program 
- Dana Weigel, manager, NASA International Space Station Program 
- Andreas Mogensen, Human Exploration Group Leader, ESA 
- William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX 

Crew-12's four crew members are NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST (1101 UTC) on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

While aboard the station, they will conduct various experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit life on Earth and in...

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Prelaunch News Conference (Feb. 9, 2026)

Official Webcast

The Crew-12 Crew Dragon will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Crew-12 Crew Dragon Docking

Docking

Coverage of the Rendezvous and Docking of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 to the International Space Station (Docking is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. EST followed by hatch opening at 12:15 p.m. and welcoming remarks at 12:50 p.m.).

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

The SpaceX CRS-33 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.

33rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

The CRS SpX-33 Mission will be the first mission including a boost module inside the dragons trunk for ISS orbit raising.

Dragon CRS-2 SpX-33

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-33

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Sierra Nevada Corporation

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.

Commercial Resupply Services

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Successful

SpaceX CRS-33 Dragon Undocking

Spacecraft Undocking

Expedition 74

Government

Shenzhou 20

The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. It will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the Mir space station.

Imagem do Dia

Descubra o Cosmos!

Eventos

SpaceX Crew-12 Pre-Launch News Conference

SpaceX Crew-12 Crew Dragon Docking

SpaceX CRS-33 Dragon Undocking

Estações Espaciais

International Space Station

Tiangong space station