NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Mission Nears Return From Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with four crew members scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early October. The team includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who supported research during the mission.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is nearing its conclusion, and the crew is scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early October. NASA said the mission involved research conducted aboard the station.
The crew members preparing to head home are NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
According to NASA, the crew supported research intended to benefit life on Earth and help prepare humans for future missions. The supplied information does not provide details about the individual experiments or the planned return date.
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