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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Cleared to Proceed With Launch

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Cleared to Proceed With Launch — NASA Science
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission has been cleared to proceed following a Flight Readiness Review with NASA, SpaceX, and international partners. Liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft remains on track for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb.

11, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The crew—NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev—will undertake an eight-month science mission. Already in quarantine, the crew arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday night to begin final preparations.

SpaceX will roll the rocket and spacecraft to Pad 40 on Saturday, Feb. 7, where it will be raised into its launch position. The crew will take questions during a virtual news conference from the Astronaut Crew Quarters at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, available on NASA Kennedy’s YouTube channel; this will be their final media opportunity before launch.