NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-12 launch to Friday
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Feb. 11 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's where to watch liftoff in California.
The quartet's arrival will take the ISS back up to its normal complement of seven crewmembers. The station has been staffed by just three astronauts — one American and two Russians — since Jan. 15, when SpaceX's Crew-11 mission departed for Earth.
SpaceX is edging toward the 12th launch of its Starship rocket, which this time will see a new version of the massive vehicle head skyward. The launch team has just completed a crucial test of the Starship’s first stage — the Super Heavy — at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica,
Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars is taking a backseat as SpaceX shifts its focus to building a self-sustaining city on the moon within a decade.
SpaceX already is an integral part of NASA’s Artemis Moon program. The company holds contracts to provide Starship-derived Human Landing System (HLS) transportation services to ferry astronauts to and from lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface beginning with Artemis III, targeted for 2028.