NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 safely splashes down off Los Angeles

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles. SpaceX recovery vessels retrieved the crew.

The crew included Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway from NASA, Sophie Adenot from ESA, and Andrey Fedyaev from Roscosmos.

The mission lasted 237 days. It was the second flight for Meir and Fedyaev, and the first for Hathaway and Adenot.

Research covered hundreds of hours and included stem cell production for cell-based therapies, on-demand IV fluid generation, nutrition-focused work, study of how pneumonia-causing bacteria can lead to lasting heart damage, and examination of how physical traits may affect blood flow in space.

Meir completed four spacewalks during the mission, bringing her career total to seven and placing her third all-time among NASA women for total spacewalks.

Adenot completed three spacewalks and became the first French woman to exit the orbital outpost.

The splashdown location was the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles, and the news conference location is Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA's Low Earth Orbit Program partners with private U.S. companies, including SpaceX.

The mission's research and its work to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars are relevant to readers tracking the lunar industry.

The astronauts will fly to shore and then return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Adenot will go back to Europe and will not be available during the news conference.