NASA'S Crew 12 Returns from ISS, Splashing Down in Pacific

By Karen Curtis
US-SPACE-ISS

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (L) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (R) walk out as they prepare to travel to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex 40 for the Crew-12 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP / Getty Images

(Cape Canaveral, Florida) - NASA's crew 12 astronauts successfully splashed down off the California coast at 11:30 Thursday morning.

The four astronauts took off from Cape Canaveral eight months ago aboard the Dragon spacecraft Freedom.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will return from the ISS Thursday splashing into the Pacific around 11:30 eastern.

While aboard the International Space Station, Crew-12 conducted scientific research to support future Moon and Mars missions.

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