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NASA announces coverage schedule for SpaceX Crew-12 launch and docking.
Summary
NASA will stream live coverage of prelaunch, launch and docking for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission; liftoff is targeted no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 11 and docking is targeted for about 10:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 12.
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NASA will stream live coverage of prelaunch, launch and docking activities for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Docking is targeted for approximately 10:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 12. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
Coverage and mission details:
- Live streams will be available on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and NASA’s YouTube channel, with individual YouTube events getting their own streams closer to start times.
- A virtual crew media event is scheduled for Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. EST and a prelaunch news conference is scheduled for Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. EST.
- The agency plans a continuous live video feed of Space Launch Complex 40 beginning about six hours before planned liftoff, with the prelaunch broadcast on NASA+ starting roughly two hours before launch.
- Targeted mission timeline: liftoff Feb. 11 (no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST), postlaunch news conference the morning after launch, docking targeted about 10:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 12, and hatch opening and welcome remarks thereafter.
- The deadline for in-person media accreditation has passed; media may subscribe to NASA’s media resources distribution list for live feed access and updates.
Summary:
NASA has scheduled public coverage across multiple streaming platforms and laid out a series of media events in the days before launch. The next listed events are a virtual crew media event on Feb. 8 and a prelaunch news conference on Feb. 9, leading up to the targeted liftoff on Feb. 11 and the targeted docking on Feb. 12.
