{"id":800090,"date":"2026-01-12T18:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800090"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:58:30","slug":"nasa-spacex-invite-media-to-watch-crew-12-launch-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800090","title":{"rendered":"NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA\u2019s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>NASA announced it is targeting no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 15, for a splashdown of its Crew-11 mission. The agency also is working with SpaceX and international partners to advance the launch of Crew-12, which is currently slated for Sunday, Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, commander, Jack Hathaway, pilot; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, mission specialist; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, mission specialist. This will be the second spaceflight for Meir and Fedyaev, and the first for Hathaway and Adenot to the orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Media accreditation deadlines for the Crew-12 launch as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 15.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. media and U.S. citizens representing international media organizations must apply by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All accreditation requests must be submitted online at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\n<p>NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy is online. For questions about accreditation or special logistical requests, email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Requests for space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections are due by Friday, Jan. 23.<\/p>\n<p>For other questions, please contact NASA Kennedy\u2019s newsroom at: 321-867-2468.<\/p>\n<p><em>Para obtener informaci\u00f3n sobre cobertura en espa\u00f1ol en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en espa\u00f1ol, comun\u00edquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425, o Messod Bendayan: 256-930-1371.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For launch coverage and more information about the mission, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Finch \/ Jimi Russell<br \/>Headquarters, Washington<br \/>202-358-1100 <br \/>joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov \/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<p>Steve Siceloff <br \/>Kennedy Space Center, Fla.\u00a0<br \/>321-867-2468\u00a0<br \/>steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Zakrzewski <br \/>Johnson Space Center, Houston <br \/>281-483-5111 <br \/>Joseph.a.zakrzewski@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-spacex-invite-media-to-watch-crew-12-launch-to-space-station\/?rand=772197\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA\u2019s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":799846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/799846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}