NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon Spacecraft Splashdown | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon Spacecraft Splashdown | International Space Station

Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, left, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. 

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen as it lands off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026.

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 off the coast of Los Angeles, California.

Teams aboard the recovery ship, including two fast boats, are securing the SpaceX Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams complete their work, the recovery ship will move into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew will exit the spacecraft.  

This completes 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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