
With the recent medical evacuation of SpaceX's Crew-11 astronaut mission from the International Space Station, Crew-12 will be launching earlier than planned as the relief crew for the ISS.
Crew-12 is comprised of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (commander) and Jack Hathaway (pilot) and mission specialists Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. The crew will ride on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon capsule "Freedom" for a longer-than-usual stay in orbit (around nine months instead of the typical six).