Launching atop a Falcon 9 from Florida, Crew-12 is carried four new NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos crew members to the orbiting laboratory for an eight-month mission as part of Expedition 74/75. Liftoff occurred at 5:15 AM EST (10:15 UTC) on Friday,

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts lifted off early Friday morning for their ride to the International Space Station.

Cosmonaut Fedyayev will travel to the ISS under a seat barter agreement between Russia and the U.S. Roscosmos and NASA signed a seat barter agreement for Russian cosmonauts on U.S. Crew Dragon manned spacecraft and U.S. astronauts on Russian Soyuz MS manned spacecraft as part of the ISS program in July 2022.

A Falcon 9 launched a new crew to the International Space Station Feb. 13 to start a busy schedule of arriving and departing vehicles at the station.