NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live

Automatically curated summary from NASA.

According to NASA, the agency and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions and operational readiness. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. If schedules hold, splashdown off the California coast is expected around 11:34 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, followed by a joint mission teleconference.

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All targeted undocking and splashdown times remain subject to change based on Pacific weather conditions, spacecraft readiness, and real-time mission management decisions.