A SpaceX rocket sent four astronauts to the International Space Station for an eight-month mission focused on microgravity.

At 5:15 a.m. ET Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 — a Friday the 13th — four crew members from three space agencies, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12, launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Accompanied by a pair of deafening sonic booms that rattled NASA's Kennedy Space Center Press Site — which is located 4½ miles from Launch Complex 40 — the Falcon 9 first-stage booster touched down at...