SpaceX Grounds Falcon 9, Crew-12 Launch Delayed

Four astronauts — Americans Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French Sophie Adenot and Russian Andrey Fedyaev — could launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 11, but SpaceX this week grounded all Falcon 9 flights while investigating an unspecified issue. The Crew-12 mission follows Crew-11's early return due to the first-ever ISS medical evacuation, leaving the station staffed by a skeleton crew; astronauts will conduct eight months of experiments including an AI/AR medical-ultrasound trial.