4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space
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By Russell Lewis

Thursday, October 8, 2026 • 11:34 AM EDT

Three astronauts and a cosmonaut of NASA's Crew-12 mission have safely returned to Earth after an almost eight-month trip to the International Space Station.

The crew, commanded by NASA's Jessica Meir and pilot Jack Hathaway with mission specialists Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency and Andrey Fedyaev of Russia's Roscosmos, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Their trip home started about 45 minutes before, at an orbital speed of 17,500 mph.

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