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  1. Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

    Published: 23 Oct 2026

    A roundup of space news from early to late October, covering launches from Korea, China, the US and Japan, including Japan's H3 launch of the Martian Moons Explorer.

  2. Crew-12 Crew Look Back on 237 Days Aboard the ISS

    Published: 15 Oct 2026

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 held a postflight news conference at Johnson Space Center after returning to Earth on Oct.

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    Success
  3. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Re-Entry & Splashdown

    Published: 8 Oct 2026

    NASA's live coverage follows Dragon Freedom carrying Crew-12 from deorbit burn through re-entry to splashdown off Los Angeles at 8:34 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    Success
  4. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    Published: 8 Oct 2026

    Official broadcast of the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 return, in which Dragon Freedom carried Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev to a splashdown off Los Angeles at 8:34 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    Success
  5. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    ESA's broadcast follows the Crew-12 Dragon Freedom spacecraft undocking from the International Space Station on 7 October 2026 with Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev.

    View mission: Crew-12
  6. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    NASA and SpaceX coverage of Dragon Freedom undocking from the International Space Station with the four Crew-12 members at 8:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
  7. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    NASA's coverage follows Crew-12 as the hatch between Dragon Freedom and the International Space Station closes at 5:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
  8. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    ESA's broadcast of NASA's Mission Control Houston coverage shows the Crew-12 hatch closure between Dragon Freedom and the International Space Station, at 5:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    In progress
  9. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    Published: 4 Oct 2026

    Crew-12 members Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev say farewell to the International Space Station crew.

    View mission: Crew-12
  10. Crew-12 Pre-Departure Briefing: Spacewalks, Science and Going Home

    Published: 16 Sep 2026

    In a pre-departure news conference from orbit, the four Crew-12 members (NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev) recap their roughly seven…

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    In progress
  11. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    Published: 1 Sep 2026

    NASA's live coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 99, in which ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir worked outside the International Space Station.

    View mission: Expedition 75
  12. Spacewalk 98: Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Antenna

    Published: 25 Aug 2026

    NASA's live coverage of US Spacewalk 98, in which NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot work to finish replacing a failed space-to-ground antenna (ESCAN) on the station's Z1 truss.

    View mission: US Spacewalk 98
  13. Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Space-to-Ground Antenna

    Published: 18 Aug 2026

    NASA's live coverage follows astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot as they prepare for and begin a spacewalk of about six and a half hours to replace a faulty Space-to-Ground antenna on the…

    View mission: U.S. Spacewalk 97
  14. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    Mission: 1998Published: 7 May 2024

    A DW documentary on the International Space Station, whose first module, Zarya, was launched on a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998.

    View mission: International Space Station (1998)
    Outcome
    In progress