Crew 12 mission astronauts, from left, pilot Jack Hathaway, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, commander Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophia Adenot, of France, depart the Operations and Checkout constructing earlier than heading to pad 40 on the Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 13, 2026.
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The Worldwide House Station returned to full power with the arrival of 4 new astronauts to exchange colleagues who bailed early due to well being issues.
SpaceX delivered the U.S., French and Russian astronauts on Saturday (February 14, 2026), a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral.
Final month’s medical evacuation was NASA’s first in 65 years of human spaceflight. One among 4 astronauts launched by SpaceX final summer season suffered what officers described as a critical well being problem, prompting their hasty return. That left solely three crew members to maintain the place working — one American and two Russians — prompting NASA to pause spacewalks and trim analysis.
Shifting in for eight to 9 months are NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev.
Ms. Meir, a marine biologist, and Mr. Fedyaev, a former army pilot, have lived up there earlier than. Throughout her first station go to in 2019, Ms. Meir took half within the first all-female spacewalk.
Ms. Adenot, a army helicopter pilot, is barely the second French girl to fly in area. Hathaway is a captain within the U.S. Navy.
NASA has refused to reveal the identification of the astronaut who fell ailing in orbit on January 7 or clarify what occurred, citing medical privateness. The ailing astronaut and three others returned to Earth greater than a month earlier than deliberate. They spent their first evening again on Earth on the hospital earlier than returning to Houston.
The area company stated it didn’t alter its preflight medical checks for his or her replacements.
Printed – February 15, 2026 02:41 am IST