NASA is sending Crew 12 astronauts to ISS on February 11

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The Crew 12 astronauts will soon make their method to ISS joining three remaining Spacefarers on board after previous mission was cut short due to medical worries.

NASA was planning a February 15 launch date for mission but it has moved it up to February 11.

It is now targeting to liftoff no earlier than 6,01 AM Eastern that day from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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The crew members are in quarantine and if everything goes well on launch day the Dragon capsule they are on will dock with lab at almost 10: 30 am on February 12.

 

Spacex had to ground its Falcon 9 rocket after problem with its upper stage for few days leaving the Crew 12 flight shcedule in queries.

But on February 6 the Federal Aviation Administration cleared it for next flight.

NASA will livestream the mission prelaunch, launch and docking activities on NASA + Amazon Prime and YouTube Channel with launch coverage starting at 4 AM Eastern Time on February 11.

NASA decided to bring Crew 11 members back home on January 15 a month earlier than planned citing medical worries with one of members.

The affected astronaut was stable.

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The ISS did not have necessary instrument be able to diagnose them properly.

All four members of Crew 11 flew home leaving whole space station in hands of three people namely NASA astronaut Chris William and two cosmonauts for Russian Side.

They will joined by Crew 12 NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway europe space agency Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaey.