SpaceX Crew-12 Splashes Down After 8-Month ISS Mission off Los Angeles
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Updated · Space.com · Oct 7
SpaceX Crew-12 Splashes Down After 8-Month ISS Mission off Los Angeles
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Oct 7
Summary
11:34 a.m. EDT splashdown brought all four Crew-12 astronauts back to Earth in the Pacific off Los Angeles, ending a nearly eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Freedom returned on schedule after undocking from the ISS on Oct. 7 for a roughly 27-hour trip home, with deorbit burn, trunk jettison and atmospheric reentry all completed as planned.
NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway landed with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, then were extracted aboard the recovery ship for routine medical checks.
45 days of post-flight conditioning now await the crew as they readjust to gravity after launching to the station on Feb. 13 and being replaced by Crew-13, which arrived Oct. 1.