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

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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 orbit, furthering our journey back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond.



Learn more about the ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/reference/international-space-station/

Updates on Crew-12: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/crew-12/



Credit: NASA