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SpaceX Dragon delivers new crew to International Space Station
Crew-12’s arrival completes ISS staffing of seven astronauts for an eight-month mission including medical and plant-growth research, NASA said.
- On Saturday, the International Space Station was once again fully staffed after astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency, and Roscosmos arrived, completing Expedition 74's roster.
- Crew-12 launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 40 on Feb. 13 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 for a 34-hour ride after Crew-11's early Jan. 15 return due to an undisclosed medical issue.
- Docking at the Harmony module occurred at 3:15 p.m. EST, and NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev entered at 5:14 p.m. Saturday.
- Following hatch opening, station leadership marked the arrivals, with Kud-Sverchkov saying `We say welcome to Crew-12 today and we are happy they all arrived safe and sound.`
- During an eight-month mission the crew will study pneumonia-causing bacteria, test on-demand IV fluid generation and automated plant health monitoring as part of Crew-12's long-duration research mission.
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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS
Jessica Meir, who is from Maine, is at the command.
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