Crew-12 Astronauts Return to Earth After Roughly Eight Months on the ISS
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The four-person SpaceX Crew-12 team landed in the Pacific off California on 8 October. ESA's Sophie Adenot set a new European endurance record of about 235 days.
Splashdown
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 undocked from the International Space Station on 7 October and was scheduled to splash down off the California coast at 11:34 a.m. EDT on 8 October after a 26-hour return, according to Fox 35 Orlando [2]. The crew launched on 13 February 2026 and spent about eight months in orbit [2].
Euronews reported that the capsule landed in the Pacific off San Diego with NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot [1].
European Record
Adenot spent 235 days in space, Euronews said, surpassing the previous European record of 201 days set by Luca Parmitano in 2019-2020. She also performed three spacewalks in August and September, becoming the first French woman to do so [1]. After medical checks in San Diego she is to travel to Houston and then to Cologne for a multi-week ESA recovery programme [1].
Sources
[1] Astronaut Sophie Adenot returns to Earth after record space mission — Euronews, 8 Oct 2026
[2] NASA's SpaceX Crew 12 to undock from ISS, splashdown off coast of California — Fox 35 Orlando, Oct 2026