WATCH LIVE: Launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission from the Cape

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The crew—NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (commander) and Jack Hathaway (pilot), ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev—boarded the Dragon spacecraft for the trip to the International Space Station. They are set to dock on Saturday, February 14, around 3:15 p.m. EST after a roughly 34-hour journey. #NASA | #spaceexploration | #Crew12 | #l

LIVE: Crew-12 launch to the International Space Station

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying four Crew-12 members to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to dock to the orbital outpost at 3:15 p.m. EST on Saturday Feb. 14 to begin a long-duration space research mission. More... https://go.nasa.gov/4bUeJrV | International Space Station