After previous weather delays, SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch NASA's Crew-12 mission Friday at 5:15 a.m. EST, visible across portions of the Eastern U.S.

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See photos: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crosses the West Palm skyline with a spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying four NASA astronauts.

Crew-12 is scheduled to lift off at 6:01 a.m. Feb. 11 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for an eight-month International Space Station mission.

SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket has launched Crew-12 to the ISS, with the Dragon capsule “Freedom” carrying four astronauts on an eight-month mission. The booster is set to land back at Cape Canaveral, while Dragon will dock with the station on Valentine’s Day.

Crew-12 mission was poised to be affected by Falcon 9’s grounding, but can lift off on schedule now.

A Falcon 9 launched Starlink satellites on Feb. 7 after SpaceX completed an investigation into an engine malfunction during the rocket’s previous launch.