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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The much-anticipated Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station has experienced another delay.
After moving the launch to Thursday because of weather concerns, officials have pushed it back one more day to Friday.
The delay is due to "elevated winds in the ascent corridor," according to SpaceX.
Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is now targeted for 5:15 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Falcon 9 will send the Dragon spacecraft with a team of four astronauts to the ISS. After the spacecraft docks at the space station, the crew will conduct research and support station operations.
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Who are the astronauts on Crew-12?
The four-member crew includes U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
They will join the three astronauts currently onboard the ISS.
The space station has been operating with a reduced crew since January after the Crew-11 mission was cut short and returned to Earth because of a medical issue.
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hatha …
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Smartphones in space
Crew-12 astronauts will be the first group allowed to take smartphones with them when they go to space.
NASA Administrator Jared Issacman made the announcement on social media earlier this month.
"We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world," he wrote in a post on X.
The astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon will also be allowed to take smartphones with them.
Where can you watch the Crew-12 launch?
A live stream of the launch will be available on the SpaceX website and on the SpaceX account on X.
The Source: This story was written with information released by NASA and Space X. Previous FOX 35 reporting was also used for this story.