SpaceX-Crew Launch
In this image from video provided by NASA, foreground from left, Russian Andrei Fedyaev, Americans Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir and France’s Sophie Adenot, gather with, background from left, Russian Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, American Christopher Williams and Russian Sergei Mikayev, after a new crew entered the International Space Station on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.
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The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts. SpaceX delivered the U.S., French and Russian astronauts to the orbiting lab on Saturday, a day after launching them. They are replacing a crew that bailed early last month because of health concerns. It was NASA's first medical evacuation in 65 years of human spaceflight. The orbiting lab is now back to seven residents, allowing spacewalks to proceed and research to pick back up. They are expected to remain on board for eight to nine months.
