Members of the media attend a postlaunch news conference hosted at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. From left to right, participants include Bethany Stevens, NASA press secretary; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA; Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA; Daniel Neuenschwander, director, Human and Robotic Exploration, ESA (European Space Agency); and Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket at 5:15 a.m. EST on the 12th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.