Four people on NASA'S Crew-12 arrive at the International Space Station

"The four members of NASA'S SpaceX Crew-12 mission docked at the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon. The crew blasted off before dawn on Friday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Crew-12 mission includes two NASA astronauts, Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. During their eight-month mission, the crew will conduct scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond earth's orbit and enhance food production in space."

""With Crew-12 safely on orbit, America and our international partners once again demonstrated the professionalism, preparation, and teamwork required for human spaceflight," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a statement. The mission replaces the crew from NASA's Crew-11 mission, which departed the ISS a month ahead of schedule in January due to a medical evacuation of one of the crew members. Since then, the space station has been operating with a reduced staff of three people well below it's typical seven-person staff."

Four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission docked at the International Space Station after a pre-dawn launch from Cape Canaveral. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. The eight-month mission will conduct scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit and enhance food production in space. NASA highlighted the professionalism, preparation, and teamwork required for human spaceflight. Crew-12 replaces Crew-11, which departed a month early in January after a medical evacuation, leaving the station with a reduced staff of three. Preparations continue for the 10-day Artemis II lunar mission, planned as soon as March, the first crewed moon trip since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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