Get ready for an exciting journey into space! NASA is set to provide live coverage of the prelaunch, launch, and docking phases of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which aims to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
The launch is scheduled to take place no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, February 11, from the Space Launch Complex 40 located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The anticipated time for docking at the ISS is around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 12.
You can catch all the action by tuning into NASA+ (https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-12-launch/), Amazon Prime (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/livetv/ref=atvhmlivLRad2e3bslct?serviceToken=v0_Cl0KJDgwZjY2Yjk2LTg4YjYtNDI4Yy1iODJmLWEwNjA2MmQzZGMwORC49pn2uDMaLExpNitvL2dzaDBoR0NjVGdhVGdLTHptYkF6dHpuZ29zb2VJMDZ6YWhmZEk9IAESBmZpbHRlchgBIgRob21lKgRsaXZlWj8KDGxpbmVhckZpbHRlchIvCi1hbXpuMS1wdi1saW5lYXItbGl2ZV90YWItZmlsdGVyLWxlYXJuX2V4cGxvcmV6AIIBBjAAUABwAA%3D%3D), or the official NASA YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams). Specific events will have dedicated streams closer to their start times, so be sure to check back for those updates! For more information on how to watch NASA's content, you can explore various online platforms, including social media channels, through this link (https://www.nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/).
Onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will be a talented crew consisting of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/people/jessica-u-meir/) and Jack Hathaway (https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-jack-hathaway/), ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They are embarking on a significant scientific mission aboard the ISS. This marks NASA's 12th crew rotation mission and the 13th human spaceflight supported by the Dragon spacecraft since 2020, as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
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