SpaceX Crew 12 returns to Earth following extended space mission
Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew 12 mission returned to Earth after spending nearly eight months aboard the International Space Station.
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A four person international crew returned to Earth following an eight month mission on the International Space Station, Fortune, CBS News, and Houston Public Media reported. Fortune and Anadolu Ajansi noted that the crew spent 237 days in space before making a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. [1][3][4][5]
The crew included NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, according to Fortune. They departed the orbiting laboratory on Wednesday after being delayed. Their replacements arrived three weeks late due to capsule repairs, which stalled the crew's scheduled homecoming, Fortune said. [1][2]
The returning crew originally launched into space in February to replace four station occupants who were sent home early after one of them became ill, Fortune reported. CGTN, CBS News, Houston Public Media, and NBC News also confirmed the return of the Crew 12 mission following its undocking from the space station. [1][2][3][4][6]
SpaceX continues to expand its space operations and development programs. The company operates the reusable Starship launch vehicle system in Texas, which is intended to reduce space transportation costs through full reusability and higher payload capacities. [7][8]
In short
- SpaceX Crew 12 returned to Earth after spending 237 days in space.
- The crew included astronauts from the United States, France, and Russia.
- The mission landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]‘We are so excited to be back’: SpaceX’s recovery ship brought back four astronauts to Earth after an eight-month missionFortune, 5h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission undocks from ISS for return to EarthCGTN, 1d ago
- [3]NASA SpaceX Crew-12 returns to Earth after 8 months in spaceCBS News, 10h ago
- [4]NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 returns to Earth after nearly eight months in spaceHouston Public Media, 10h ago
- [5]NASA, SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts return to Earth after 237-day space missionAnadolu Ajansı, 9h ago
- [6]Live NASA SpaceX Crew-12 return to Earth after undocking from the ISSNBC News, 11h ago
Background
- [7]SpaceX Starship on Wikipedia
- [8]List of Starship launches on Wikipedia
- [9]SpaceX on Grokipedia
- [10]Earth on Grokipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 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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