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Crew 12: Fueling Underway for Rocket [1]

['Elyna Niles-Carnes']

Date: 2026-02-13  

Crew 12: Fueling Underway for Rocket

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top stands vertical on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 launch.

Fueling of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has begun. Loading of rocket grade kerosene liquid oxygen into the rocket’s first stage is underway, and second-stage fueling will begin in a few minutes.

Once fueling is complete, the Dragon spacecraft will switch to internal power, the command flight computer will begin final prelaunch checks, propellant tanks will be pressurized to flight levels, and SpaceX launch director will verify go/no-go for launch.

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[1] Url: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/02/13/crew-12-fueling-underway-for-rocket/

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