NASA's Crew-12: Helicopter Pickup on Recovery Ship | International Space Station

NASA's Crew-12: Helicopter Pickup on Recovery Ship | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

The helicopter that will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia is seen as it lands on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026.

NASA's Crew-12 emblem

At 11:34 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (8:34 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) on October 8, 2026, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, splashed down successfully off the coast of Los Angeles, California.

Teams aboard the recovery ship, named Shannon, including two fast boats, secured the SpaceX Dragon and ensured the spacecraft was safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams completed their work, the recovery ship moved into position and hoisted Dragon onto the main deck with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew exited the spacecraft one-by-one.  

This completed 237 days at the International Space Station for the four-person crew. Meir has logged 440 total days in space, placing her in NASA’s Top 10 for cumulative days in space. The Crew-12 mission was the first time Hathaway and Adenot had been to space, while it was the second time for Fedyaev. The crew also conducted four spacewalks during their nearly eight-month mission.

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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.

Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Date: Oct. 8, 2026

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