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SpaceX Crew-12

SpaceX Crew-12
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
NamesUSCV-12
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 74/75
Start of mission
Launch date2026 (planned)
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40
End of mission
Landing sitePacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward or zenith

Adenot's Epsilon mission insignia

SpaceX Crew-12 is planned to be the twelfth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 20th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport up to four crew members – up to two NASA astronauts, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev — to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is planned to launch in 2026.

Crew

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Prime crew
Position[1][2] Crew
Commander TBA
Expedition 74/75
Pilot TBA
Expedition 74/75
Mission Specialist 1 France Sophie Adenot, ESA
Expedition 74/75
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 74/75
Fourth spaceflight

Mission

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The 12th SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled for launch in March 2026.

Epsilon

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On June 20, 2025, Josef Aschbacher shared that ESA's portion of the Crew-12 mission—astronaut Sophie Adenot's assignment—will be called Epsilon. This will be Adenot's first trip to space. She was chosen in the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group and will be the first career astronaut from that class to fly.[a] Stylized with a lowercase epsilon ("ε") in place of the "E" to symbolize a "small, yet impactful" variable to the "collaborative effort of space exploration". The mission patch also includes a hummingbird, highlighting how even the tiniest creatures play an important role in nature—tying back to the idea that every contribution matters.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ The 2022 class is split into "career astronauts", who train for multiple long-duration missions and "project astronauts" who fly on single, short-duration mission. Two project astronauts from the class have flown on Axiom Space missions: Marcus Wandt on Ax-3 and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski on Ax-4.

References

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  1. ^ "ESA astronauts Sophie Adenot and Raphaël Liégeois assigned for Space Station mission". ESA. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Crews in training]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ^ "εpsilon: Sophie Adenot's first mission name and patch unveiled". European Space Agency. Retrieved 5 August 2025.