{"id":2570173,"date":"2026-02-15T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launches-new-crew-to-space-station-after-medical-evacuation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:31:56","slug":"spacex-launches-new-crew-to-space-station-after-medical-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launches-new-crew-to-space-station-after-medical-evacuation\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Launches New Crew to Space Station After Medical Evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspacex-launches-new-crew-to-space-station-after-medical-evacuation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>SpaceX and NASA launched a new crew to the International Space Station on Friday morning after a medical emergency forced the outgoing mission to return to Earth early. The four-person Crew-12 team\u2014NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and jack Hathaway, European Space agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev\u2014was set to overlap with the previous crew but will rather continue after arrival, keeping the ISS at its typical seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crew-walk-out-shuts-down-production-on-netflixs-nailed-it-halloween\/\" title=\"... Walk Out Shuts Down Production on Netflix\u2019s &#039;Nailed It! Halloween&#039;\">-person crew<\/a>. The launch occurred at 5:15 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, following delays due to high winds and concerns from a recent Falcon 9 incident. NBC News did not disclose which astronaut was affected or the exact nature of the medical issue. Meir has prior spaceflight experience including the first all-female spacewalk in 2019; Hathaway and Adenot are first-time space travelers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX and NASA launched a new crew to the International Space Station on Friday morning after a medical emergency impacted the outgoing mission.<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev were supposed to overlap in space as the previous crew left the station.<\/p>\n<p>But the outgoing crew ended up returning to Earth early after a medical issue.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear which astronaut experienced the issue, or what the issue was, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/astronauts-launch-space-station-rcna258184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from NBC News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A great morning for human spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the teams at NASA, SpaceX, and our international partners who worked tirelessly to launch Crew 12 safely on a journey to the International Space Station. If this is what is possible today, imagine what tomorrow will&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PFjeLHj1N\">pic.twitter.com\/9PFjeLHj1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAAdmin\/status\/2022349931671863744?\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There have only been three astronauts aboard the International Space Station since Jan. 14 &mdash; Chris Williams of NASA, as well as two Russian cosmonauts.<\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of the four new astronauts, the crew on the station will be back up to its typical seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-green-berets-come-home\/\" title=\"The Green Berets Come Home\">-member team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The four arrivals started their space voyage at 5:15 a.m. Eastern time on Friday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>But medical issues were not the only factor impacting the International Space Station and its operations.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the new arrivals was pushed back two days by high winds.<\/p>\n<p>NASA tries to avoid emergencies on ascent, which would require the Dragon capsule &mdash; which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >carries crew members atop<\/a> the Falcon 9 rocket &mdash; to disconnect from the vessel and land off the East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>NASA was also concerned by a recent Falcon 9 incident on Feb. 2, which involved an unmanned voyage deploying a batch of Starlink satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Of the four astronauts aboard the vessel headed for the International Space Station, two have been to space previously, and two have not, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/13\/nx-s1-5712808\/nasa-spacex-crew-12-launch-iss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from NPR.<\/p>\n<p>Meir and Fedyaev have each been there twice. 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The arriving astronauts\u2014NASA\u2019s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA\u2019s Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev\u2014were expected to overlap with the departing crew, who ended up returning to Earth early. NBC News did not disclose which astronaut was affected or the nature of the problem. The launch marks a strong step for human spaceflight, with praise for NASA, SpaceX, and international partners for delivering Crew-12 to the ISS. Once the four newcomers reach the station, the crew will return to its typical seven members. Prior to this arrival, only three astronauts had been aboard since Jan. 14. The four new arrivals launched at 5:15 a.m. ET on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral after a two-day weather delay. The mission also reflected NASA\u2019s caution to avoid ascent emergencies that would require detaching the Dragon capsule. Among the four, Meir and Fedyaev have flown before, while Hathaway and Adenot are first-timers; Meir previously took part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Key facts summary<br \/>\n&#8211; SpaceX and NASA launched Crew-12 to the ISS after the previous mission was cut short by a medical issue.<br \/>\n&#8211; Arriving crew: Jessica Meir (NASA), Jack Hathaway (NASA), Sophie Adenot (ESA), Andrey Fedyaev (Russia).<br \/>\n&#8211; The outgoing crew returned to Earth early; the specific astronaut and nature of the issue were not disclosed.<br \/>\n&#8211; The mission restores the ISS crew to seven members; prior to this arrival, there were three on board since Jan. 14.<br \/>\n&#8211; Launch occurred at 5:15 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral on a Falcon 9, after a two-day delay due to high winds.<br \/>\n&#8211; Two of the newcomers (Meir and Fedyaev) have flown before; Hathaway and Adenot are first-timers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Meir was part of the first all-female spacewalk in 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-691.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[12554,4706,73847,73846,4844],"class_list":["post-2570173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crew","tag-launch","tag-medical-evacuation","tag-space-station-2","tag-spacex"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-691.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570177,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570173\/revisions\/2570177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}