On Friday, February 13 at 5:15 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 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. Dragon autonomously docked with the space station on Saturday, February 14 at 3:15 p.m. ET. 

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 was the second flight for the first stage supporting this mission, which prevoulsy launched a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct new research to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit humanity on Earth.