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SpaceX Crew-12 Delivers Four International Crew Members to ISS, Restoring Full Expedition 74 Staffing

SpaceX's Crew-12 launched Feb. 13 and docked to the International Space Station, where NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev entered the lab, joining Expedition 74 and restoring a full seven‑person crew for long‑duration research.

Discovered 2026-02-14T15:00:49.236171-08:00 | 2026-02-14T15:00:49.236171-08:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • Restores a full seven‑person crew (four delivered), enabling resumption of planned long‑duration microgravity research and station operations; see prior coverage of the Crew‑12 launch and docking.
  • The multinational composition (NASA, ESA, Roscosmos) underpins continued international mission cadence and supports ESA's on‑station objectives; background on the confirmed Crew‑12 roster is available here.
  • Arrival occurs while partners plan the station's final operational years and transition to post‑ISS LEO plans; this context is covered in our reporting on the ISS's end‑of‑life timeline (source:e0e5e931-156d-4cbe-8b28-7e633bbcd7fd).

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2026-02-14T15:00:49.236171-08:00
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2026-02-18T07:15:26.161945-08:00
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