NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares for Earth Return | International Space Station
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 members gather for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they depart the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Crew-12 pilot and commander respectively, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and mission specialist Sophie Adenot.
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission specialist Sophie Adenot poses for a portrait while wearing the pressure suit she will wear when she departs the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
European Space Agency astronaut and NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission specialist Sophie Adenot poses for a portrait while wearing the pressure suit she will wear when she departs the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Roscosmos cosmonaut and NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev of Russia poses for a portrait while wearing the pressure suit he will wear when he departs the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
NASA astronaut and NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 pilot Jack Hathaway poses for a portrait while wearing the pressure suit he will wear when he departs the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
European Space Agency astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Sophie Adenot of France looks at the Earth below from the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world." Just outisde the cupola is the Russian Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from Roscosmos docked to the Prichal module.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 emblem
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway will respectively command and pilot Dragon when it undocks from the Harmony module’s space-facing port at 8:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Mission specialists Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos will ride back to Earth with the NASA duo for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 11:34 a.m. on Thursday where NASA and SpaceX support personnel will retrieve Dragon and greet the crew. Their return to Earth will represent the completion of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission after 237 days in space.
The homebound quartet has finalized packing Dragon with personal items, cargo, and scientific samples that began a couple of weeks ago. The returning crew also prepared drink bags combined with salt tablets that they will consume before reentering Earth’s atmosphere. Fluid loading is a part of every crew’s return to Earth and helps the body adjust to gravity after a long duration spaceflight.
Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Pyotr Dubrov
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Anna Kikina, Sergey Teteryatnikov
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Flight Engineer: Joshua Kutryk
NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, 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 Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center, NASA astronaut Anil Menon, European Space Agency (ESA)
Image Dates: Sept. 21-22, 2026
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