Posted by Alumni from TechCrunch
February 5, 2026
Crew-12 is expected to head to the International Space Station next week, while the highly anticipated Artemis II mission ' which will bring humans around the moon for the first time since the 1960s ' was delayed until March. With the newest iPhones and Android devices at hand, the crew will be able to be a bit more spontaneous with image and video gathering, meaning that for those of us back home, these upcoming trips to space could end up being some of NASA's most well-documented journeys yet. Imagine how cool (or cringe-worthy) it will be if astronauts turn themselves into TikTok stars in zero gravity, or if they take ultra-wide-angle selfies in the spacecraft. For those working in government bureaucracy, it's equally exciting, apparently, that NASA approved this rule change pretty quickly. 'Just as important, we challenged long-standing processes and qualified modern hardware for spaceflight on an expedited timeline,' Isaacman wrote. 'That operational urgency will serve NASA... learn more