Overview
- Jessica Meir will command Crew-12 with Jack Hathaway as pilot, joined by ESA’s Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos’s Andrey Fedyaev as mission specialists.
- NASA set a no-earlier-than launch target of Feb. 15, 2026, for the SpaceX flight to begin a long-duration stay on the International Space Station.
- The mission is SpaceX’s 12th crew rotation under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and will support Expedition 74 operations on orbit.
- Meir returns for her second station tour after 205 days on Expedition 61/62, while Fedyaev previously logged 186 days on SpaceX Crew-6 in 2023.
- First-time flyers Hathaway and Adenot will help conduct investigations and technology demonstrations intended to advance human exploration and deliver benefits on Earth.