SpaceX Crew 12 Prepares for Undocking and California Splashdown
NASA and SpaceX are targeting October 7 for the undocking of the Crew 12 mission from the International Space Station, with splashdown scheduled for October 8.
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NASA and SpaceX are planning for the Crew 12 mission to undock from the International Space Station no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 7, depending on weather conditions, NASA News reported. According to NASA News, the crew is scheduled to splash down off the coast of California at around 11:34 a.m. on Thursday, October 8. [1]
The uncrewed or crewed mission return involves four spacefarers who completed an extended science mission on the orbit station, according to reports from NASA News and The Defense Watch. NASA News reported that the crew consists of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. [1][2]
NASA News stated that live coverage of the Crew 12 return will be streamed across various platforms as the spacecraft completes its departure from the orbital laboratory and heads to its landing site. [1]
In short
- Crew 12 is targeted to undock from the space station no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT on October 7.
- Splashdown off the California coast is targeted for approximately 11:34 a.m. on October 8.
- The four crew members are Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown LiveNASA News, 13h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Nears Return After Extended ISS Science MissionThe Defense Watch, 1d ago
- [3]NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown LiveNASA (.gov), 13h ago
Background
- [4]SpaceX Starship on Wikipedia
- [5]Artemis II on Wikipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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