Station Crew Expands as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares to Depart
The Expedition 75 crew slept in Friday and spent the rest of the day relaxing following the Oct. 1 arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. The four new crew members, who arrived after a record-setting 7-hour, 55-minute Dragon spacecraft flight from Florida, bring the number of people living aboard the orbital outpost to 11. The post Station Crew Expands as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares to…
Four new crew members join NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission as they prepare to depart for the International Space Station. The four astronauts - Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev - arrived on October 1 after a record-setting 7-hour, 55-minute flight from Florida aboard the Dragon spacecraft. This brings the total number of people living aboard the ISS to 11. The new arrivals will spend the next few days acclimating to life in microgravity and familiarizing themselves with the station's systems.
On October 3, the Crew-13 mission will arrive, bringing the total crew to 13. The departing Crew-12 crew members will then transfer their mission responsibilities to their new crewmates. This change-of-command and farewell ceremony will be held on October 4 and streamed online. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will hand over command of the space station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov during the ceremony.
The homebound Crew-12 crew has been busy preparing for their return, including packing cargo, configuring Dragon systems, and testing their pressure suits. They are expected to begin their trip home as early as Monday, October 5, weather permitting. NASA and SpaceX will continue to monitor weather conditions off the California coast and issue additional departure briefings over the weekend.
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