Overview
- Two news conferences will be held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Friday, Jan. 30, at 11 a.m. ET for a mission overview and at 1 p.m. ET with the crew, with both streaming on NASA’s YouTube channel.
- NASA is coordinating with SpaceX and international partners to assess opportunities to move up the original target launch date of Sunday, Feb. 15.
- Crew-12 consists of commander Jessica Meir, pilot Jack Hathaway, ESA mission specialist Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev, combining returning fliers with first-time astronauts.
- The mission will launch a SpaceX Dragon on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
- U.S.-based media seeking in-person access must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom by 5 p.m. CST on Thursday, Jan. 29, with same-day arrangements required for phone participation.