NASA will launch Crew-12 aboard a SpaceX Dragon on Feb. 11, with live coverage across platforms. Docking with the ISS is targeted for Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. EST.

If the fueling test goes well, the Artemis II flight around the moon and back could take off as early as Feb. 8.

The removal follows a noticeable pause in launches from the historic pad. The most recent Falcon 9 flight from LC-39A occurred on December 17, 2025, a departure from the site’s intense activity in 2025, when Falcon vehicles launched 165 times overall (though not all from 39A).

The quartet's arrival will take the ISS back up to its normal complement of seven crewmembers. The station has been staffed by just three astronauts — one American and two Russians — since Jan. 15, when SpaceX's Crew-11 mission departed for Earth.

Artemis II was set to launch in February, but a leaky situation has caused a delay. Find out about the challenges NASA is facing with this moon mission.

As NASA prepares to launch a new crew to the space station, the agency has yet to decide which spacecraft it will use for the next crew rotation mission.

During the lead-up to NASA’s Artemis 1 mission back in 2022, recurring hydrogen leaks led to significant delays and a cancelled launch attempt. The agency had three years to address the underlying issues with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s hardware, and yet, the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal felt all too familiar.

NASA will launch a rocket to study Aurora lights. The mission will launch from Alaska’s Poker Flat Research Range. Two sounding rockets will fly directly into active auroras. They will travel hundreds of kilometres above Earth.