NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down After 237 Days and 100 Million Miles in Orbit

NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down After 237 Days and 100 Million Miles in Orbit

After spending more than seven months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), four astronauts from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission have returned safely to Earth. Their spacecraft splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, bringing an extraordinary journey of 237 days and more than 100 million miles to an end. The astronauts will [...]

NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts have returned to Earth after 237 days in space, traveling more than 100 million miles and completing over 3,792 orbits while conducting research to prepare for future missions to the Moon and Mars. The mission also made history with record-setting spacewalk achievements and experiments that could transform medicine both in space and on Earth.

SpaceX Crew-12 splashes down off LA coast after 100-million-mile orbital journey

A nearly eight-month stint aboard the International Space Station came to a splashing end for NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 on Thursday, when their recovery vessel safely splashed down off the coast of Los Angeles.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission

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NASA's Artemis II crew—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen—speak during a press conference in Houston on April 16, 2026. (Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission returns to Earth after nearly eight months in space

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission returned to Earth on Thursday after nearly eight months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with its four-member crew splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA.