Falcon 9 - NASA Crew-12 Mission
Countdown to Launch
February 13, 2026
2:30 PM
$62,000,000
Kennedy Space Center
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More Exciting Launches Coming Soon! 🌟
Check out all the amazing rocket launches scheduled in the coming weeks!
New Glenn NG-3 - First Booster Reuse
This will be the first time Blue Origin reuses a New Glenn booster - just like catching a giant flying skyscraper!
Artemis II - Crewed Moon Flyby
Artemis II will send humans around the Moon for the first time since 1972 - that's over 50 years ago!
Starship Flight 12 - Version 3 Debut
Starship is the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built - taller than the Statue of Liberty!
Neutron - Maiden Flight
Neutron's nose cone opens like a giant clamshell to release satellites - no other rocket does this!
Starship - First Kennedy Space Center Launch
Pad 39A is the same launch pad that sent astronauts to the Moon during Apollo!
Nova - Maiden Flight
Nova is designed to be 100% reusable - even the upper stage comes back, which no other rocket can do!
Blue Moon Mark 1 - Lunar Cargo Lander
Blue Moon can carry a car's worth of supplies to the Moon's surface!
Blast Off with Fun Facts! 🚀
Discover incredible facts about rockets, space, and the amazing journeys to the stars!
Rockets need to travel at 17,500 mph to stay in orbit around Earth!
The Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon was as tall as a 36-story building!
A rocket's engines produce more power than 85 Hoover Dams!
Space shuttles used to carry up to 7 astronauts at a time!
The first rocket to reach space was launched in 1942!
Rockets carry their own oxygen because there's no air in space!
The International Space Station travels at 5 miles per second!
It takes only 8.5 minutes for a rocket to reach space!
Rocket fuel can be as cold as -423°F!
The loudest sound ever recorded was a rocket launch - 204 decibels!
Astronauts can see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day from space!
A rocket uses more fuel in the first minute than a car uses in 50 years!
The flame from a rocket engine can be 6,000°F - hotter than lava!
Rockets can cost anywhere from $7 million to $500 million!
SpaceX has landed the same rocket booster 15 times!
The fastest rocket ever built could travel from New York to London in 30 minutes!
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