A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched three NASA astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut aboard Dragon’s 12th operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-12) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:15 a.m. on 13 February 2026. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew the Crew-4, Ax-2, Ax-3, and Crew-9 missions to and from the space station.

This is the second flight for the first stage supporting this mission, which previously launched a Starlink mission.

The flight is the 12th crew rotation with SpaceX to the orbiting laboratory as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-12 will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as benefit people on Earth.