NASA Carefully Juggles Preparations For Two Crewed Space Missions

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
 
Credit: SpaceX
HOUSTON—NASA is flexing plans to restore the International Space Station (ISS) to its usual seven crewmembers with the launch of its four-person Crew-12 Dragon mission in order to clear the deck for Artemis II. The Artemis II mission will send four NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts on a 10...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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