NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 soars into space
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NASA is currently targeting Feb. 8 for Artemis 2's liftoff, which will take place from Launch Complex-39B at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The SLS-Orion stack rolled out to Pad 39B from KSC's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building on Jan. 17.
On board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft are two Nasa astronauts commander Jessica Meir (USA) and pilot Jack Hathaway (USA). They're accompanied by European Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Sophie Adenot (France), and Roscocosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev (Russia).
All eyes are on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft are staged on the launch pad ahead of the Artemis II mission.