January 25, 2026, 7:56 AM EST. NASA is staging final public briefings ahead of the SpaceX Crew-12 launch to the International Space Station. Two media sessions at the Johnson Space Center in Houston will cover mission readiness, launch timelines, and crew objectives, with the sessions streamed live on NASA's YouTube channel. The first briefing will detail vehicle readiness, launch operations, and NASA-SpaceX-international partner coordination; the second will feature the crew discussing training, expectations, and the scientific goals of their stay aboard the station. Crew-12 includes NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos' Andrey Fedyaev. They will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, for a long-duration stay involving biology, materials science, and human physiology experiments.
