NASA Delays Next Crewed Launch to Space Station

Amid concerns about the weather, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 will take off no earlier than Feb. 12.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft set to carry NASA’s Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station stands at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Feb. 9, 2026. NASA/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station was hit with its first weather delay.

The announcement came on Feb. 9 as teams pushed for the earliest possible launch opportunity on Feb. 11, a date made possible by a delay in Artemis II’s moonshot launch. Now, the crew of two NASA astronauts, one European Space Agency astronaut, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut will head to space no earlier than 5:38 a.m. ET on Feb. 12.