SpaceX Crew-12 Undocks From ISS After 10-Month Mission, Targeting Oct. 8 Splashdown
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Updated · Space.com · Oct 7
SpaceX Crew-12 Undocks From ISS After 10-Month Mission, Targeting Oct. 8 Splashdown
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Oct 7
Summary
Freedom separated from the ISS at 8:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, sending Crew-12’s four astronauts on their return trip after nearly 10 months in orbit.
The Crew Dragon is scheduled to deorbit at 10:46 a.m. EDT Thursday and splash down in the Pacific off California at 11:34 a.m. EDT, with NASA’s live coverage starting at 10:20 a.m.
Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev launched on Feb. 13 and were cleared to leave after the four-person Crew-13 arrived on Oct. 1.
The mission ran a few weeks longer than planned after a propulsion issue delayed Crew-13’s Sept. 12 launch, extending a stay that included dozens of experiments and multiple spacewalks.
NASA and SpaceX plan a 1:15 p.m. EDT Thursday briefing on the homecoming and the next ISS resupply flight, CRS-35, targeted for Oct. 13.
With Crew-13's propulsion glitch and Cargo Dragon's unique return capabilities, is the ISS now dangerously reliant on a single private company?
After enduring a grueling 10-month mission, what groundbreaking scientific secrets and biological samples is Crew-12 finally bringing back to Earth?
How will the rare all-female spacewalk and unprecedented European endurance records achieved by Crew-12 fundamentally redefine international space exploration standards?