Crew-12 Dragon Spacecraft Hatch Closure | International Space Station

Crew-12 Dragon Spacecraft Hatch Closure | International Space Station

At 6:05 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 7, 2026, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station, marking the start of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 return operations. At 8:05 a.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia undocked from the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Splashdown is expected at approximately 11:34 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, off the California coast, followed by crew recovery operations.

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Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Pyotr Dubrov 
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Anna Kikina, Sergey Teteryatnikov

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Flight Engineer: Joshua Kutryk

NASA Flight Engineers: Anil Menon, Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney 

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center, NASA astronaut Anil Menon

Duration: 47 seconds
Date: Oct. 7, 2026

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