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SpaceX Crew‑12 docks at ISS; Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev restore full seven‑person crew after medical evacuation

Four astronauts — NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos' Andrey Fedyaev — entered the International Space Station after SpaceX Dragon docked and hatches were opened at 5 p.m. EST, restoring the station's seven‑person complement for a months‑long research expedition.

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

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SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carrying Starlink 17-13 after Dragon's 20th crew mission reaches ISS

2026-02-14T14:25:43.513459-08:00

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SpaceX Crew‑12 launches Dragon Freedom; multinational crew docks at ISS to begin ESA εpsilon mission

2026-02-14T04:24:12.781574-08:00

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Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

2026-02-12T13:54:10.035042-08:00

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SpaceX Crew‑12 docks at ISS; Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev restore full seven‑person crew after medical evacuation Four astronauts — NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos' Andrey Fedyaev — entered the International Space Station after SpaceX Dragon docked and hatches were opened at 5 p.m. EST, restoring the station's seven‑person complement for a months‑long research expedition.

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

SpaceX Crew‑12 docks at ISS; Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev restore full seven‑person crew after medical evacuation

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SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carrying Starlink 17-13 after Dragon's 20th crew mission reaches ISS SpaceX will launch its 600th Falcon 9 with the Starlink 17-13 mission from Vandenberg Saturday evening. The milestone flight follows hours after a Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on its 20th human spaceflight mission, underscoring an intense weekend of orbital operations.

2026-02-14T14:25:43.513459-08:00

SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carrying Starlink 17-13 after Dragon's 20th crew mission reaches ISS

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SpaceX Crew‑12 launches Dragon Freedom; multinational crew docks at ISS to begin ESA εpsilon mission SpaceX's Crew‑12 launched Feb. 13 and delivered NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev to the ISS; Dragon Freedom docked Feb. 14 at 20:15 GMT, beginning ESA's εpsilon mission as the four joined Expedition 74 for long‑duration science.

2026-02-14T04:24:12.781574-08:00

SpaceX Crew‑12 launches Dragon Freedom; multinational crew docks at ISS to begin ESA εpsilon mission

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SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center SLC‑40 on 13 February 2026 carrying Crew‑12 and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station. Adenot flies as mission specialist with NASA commander Jessica Meir, pilot Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev on an ~eight‑month expedition.

2026-02-13T02:49:44.584235-08:00

SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission

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Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits Axiom Space raised $350 million to accelerate development of a commercial space station successor to the ISS and to build new NASA spacesuits, including lunar suits for Artemis missions. The financing is backed in part by a venture firm linked to Donald Trump Jr.

2026-02-12T13:54:10.035042-08:00

Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

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NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027 NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeting launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida. The move marks Vast's first private crew flight and heightens competition with Axiom, which flew the prior five missions.

2026-02-12T13:30:22.193690-08:00

NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027

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NASA conducts unannounced liquid‑hydrogen load to validate SLS umbilical repairs as Artemis II slips to March NASA quietly loaded liquid hydrogen into the Space Launch System core stage at Kennedy Space Center to test repairs to a leaky umbilical that derailed a Feb. 2 wet dress rehearsal. The unannounced fueling validates fixes after hours‑long countdown holds and follows a slip of Artemis II to March.

2026-02-12T07:33:48.280724-08:00

NASA conducts unannounced liquid‑hydrogen load to validate SLS umbilical repairs as Artemis II slips to March

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China tests Mengzhou in‑flight abort and Long March‑10 booster recovery, advancing 2030 crewed‑Moon push On Feb. 11 China conducted a low‑altitude demonstration of its Long March‑10A booster and an in‑flight abort test of the Mengzhou crewed lunar capsule, including zero‑altitude escape and splashdown recovery — a combined validation of crew‑safety and reusable‑rocket tech feeding Beijing’s 2030 Moon ambitions.

2026-02-11T02:34:54.065105-08:00

China tests Mengzhou in‑flight abort and Long March‑10 booster recovery, advancing 2030 crewed‑Moon push

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SpaceX Crew‑12 docks at ISS; Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev restore full seven‑person crew after medical evacuation

SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carrying Starlink 17-13 after Dragon's 20th crew mission reaches ISS

SpaceX Crew‑12 launches Dragon Freedom; multinational crew docks at ISS to begin ESA εpsilon mission

Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

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