NASA outlines live coverage plan for SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the ISS

• The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, pilot and commander respectively, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Mission Specialist Sophie Adenot. (SpaceX)

NASA has released its live broadcast schedule for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 launch and rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), giving the public and media clear access to the agency’s prelaunch events, liftoff and docking milestones.

The mission is set to lift off no earlier than 6:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, February 11 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 

Targeted docking with the ISS’s Harmony module is currently planned for about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 12.

NASA will stream coverage across multiple platforms including NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. 

Coverage begins early on launch day with live feeds of the countdown and will include audio-only segments during the spacecraft’s transit to orbit. Viewers can tune in for key mission moments such as the hatch opening and welcome remarks after docking.

The Crew-12 flight will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the orbiting complex. 

This marks the 12th crew rotation flight supported under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program with SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft.

NASA has also scheduled a series of briefings and virtual events leading up to launch, designed to provide insights into crew preparations and mission objectives. 

Media accreditation details are included in the advisory for those covering the mission in person, and NASA’s live mission blog will provide real-time updates alongside social media channels. 

On launch day, mission coverage will also be available on the NASA website, featuring live streaming beginning at 4 a.m., real-time blog updates as countdown milestones occur, and on-demand video on NASA+ shortly after liftoff. 

High-resolution launch photos will be released following ascent, while questions regarding countdown coverage may be directed to the NASA Kennedy newsroom.

Members of the public can participate through NASA’s Virtual Guest Program, which offers curated launch resources, notifications on mission updates or schedule changes, and a commemorative digital stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following launch.

For those following by radio, audio-only launch coverage will be broadcast via the Launch Information Service and Amateur Television System on VHF frequency 146.940 MHz, as well as the KSC Amateur Radio Club’s UHF frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, accessible within Brevard County along Florida’s Space Coast.

NASA is also encouraging the public to follow and engage with the Crew-12 mission across social platforms including X, Facebook, and Instagram through official agency, station, and SpaceX accounts. 

Spanish-language coverage will be available through NASA en Español, with additional mission updates, interviews, and launch content accessible across NASA’s Spanish social media channels. 

The Crew-12 mission continues NASA’s Commercial Crew Program objective of providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station through partnerships with American private industry. 

The program has expanded access to low Earth orbit, enabled more scientific research, and supported growing commercial activity aboard the station. 

For more than 25 years, humans have continuously lived and worked on the International Space Station, advancing scientific discovery and testing technologies critical to future human exploration of the Moon and, ultimately, Mars.