NASA, SpaceX target Wednesday departure for Crew-12 from space station
The four astronauts have spent nearly eight months aboard the station and are set to return after Crew-13 arrived last week.
- On Sunday, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir handed command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov. The four members of Crew-12 are now preparing to depart the station as early as Wednesday.
- Crew-12, featuring Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Feb. 13, 2026. With Crew-13's recent arrival, the departing team has spent the last week transitioning operations to the new crew.
- Describing the crew's farewell, Meir said, "It's a lot of mixed, swirling emotions," as the team shared a group embrace they termed a "space station huggle" before the official command transfer.
- Undocking is scheduled for 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday, allowing for a splashdown return off the coast of California targeting 11:25 a.m. Thursday. SpaceX shifted to West Coast recoveries last year due to safety concerns.
- NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, plus Anil Menon, who arrived in July, remain on the station to support the scheduled scientific agenda alongside Roscosmos colleagues until next spring.
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The ride from the ISS back down to Earth will be far more thrilling than a Disney World amusement park ride.
Four astronauts to undock from Space Station after gruelling eight-month mission
Nasa and SpaceX are preparing to undock Crew-12 from the International Space Station on October 7. The departure follows a command handover and will end nearly eight months of research in orbit.
NASA announced that the return of the crew of the Crow 12 mission from the International Space Station to Earth was postponed until Wednesday, 7 October, due to bad weather conditions. The decision was made following a review of weather and sea conditions off the coast of California, which projected the landing of the crew in the Pacific Ocean Thursday, before being relocated to the headquarters of the Agency in Houston, Texas.
Russian astronaut Peter Dubrov assumed command of the International Space Station (ISS), replacing astronaut Jessica Meir with NASA.
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