Crew-12 departs space station, targets California splashdown on October 8
The Crew-12 Dragon capsule undocked from the ISS Harmony module at 8:05 a.m. EDT on October 7, 2026. NASA expects the spacecraft to take roughly 27.5 hours to return, with splashdown planned for about 11:34 a.m. EDT on October 8 off California. The four-person crew—Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev—will have spent 237 days in space by landing.
Crew-12 undocked from Harmony at 8:05 a.m. EDT on Oct. 7, 2026, beginning a roughly 27.5-hour return. Splashdown is targeted near 11:34 a.m. EDT Oct. 8 off California. The four travelers are Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev.
By landing, they will have logged 237 days in space, 235 aboard the station, circling Earth 3,792 times and covering over 100 million statute miles. Crew-13 arrived Oct. 1 in under eight hours, the fastest American spacecraft trip. Meir handed station command to Pyotr Dubrov.
The return may draw public attention to long-duration spaceflight and the scientific work done aboard the station. Families and recovery teams could feel immediate effects as they prepare for splashdown. The mission’s international crew may reinforce perceptions of cooperation in space, while data from their 237 days could inform future health and engineering research. Broader audiences might see commercial and government spaceflight as increasingly routine, though risks remain.