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Crew 12: Access Arms Retracts [1]

['Elyna Niles-Carnes']

Date: 2026-02-13  

Crew 12: Access Arms Retracts

The crew access arm retracts from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. NASA

The crew access arm has retracted, and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launch escape system is armed. This system allows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an anomaly from liftoff until they reach orbit — a timespan of roughly 12 minutes.

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[1] Url: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/02/13/crew-12-access-arms-retracts/

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