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Josh Dinner

NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation

Four humans stand in blue jumpsuits in front of a background of a dark earth and shadowed moon, with a small ISS in the top left. .

NASA has announced an earlier-than-expected target date to launch the next astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

The agency is now targeting Feb. 11 for liftoff of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which will fly four astronauts to join the skeleton crew presently operating the orbital lab. A scant three are currently covering the maintenance and science investigations aboard the ISS, left behind on Jan. 14 by the early departure of Crew-11 on the station's first-ever medical evacuation.

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