NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts set station news conference

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts are scheduled to hold a news conference from the International Space Station. The event comes as the crew approaches its return to Earth.

The scheduled event is a news conference from the International Space Station, where NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts are in orbit.

Crew-12 consists of Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev.

The crew joined Expedition 74/75 members aboard the station and contributed to hundreds of experiments.

Crew-12 has an upcoming return to Earth. The crew is set to leave the station after Crew-13 arrives and a short handover period takes place.

The planned landing site is off the coast of California.

For readers following human spaceflight and the wider lunar industry, the briefing offers a direct update from an active orbital crew as it nears the end of its mission.

Crew rotation is a core part of station operations, and Crew-12’s pending departure and handover mark the next step in that cycle.

The mission also reflects the station’s role as a long-running platform for research, with people having lived and worked there continuously for more than 25 years.

NASA is a U.S. space agency. ESA is the European Space Agency, Roscosmos is Russia’s space agency, and SpaceX is a private space company.

Crew-12 is expected to depart the International Space Station after Crew-13 arrives and a short handover period is completed.

After departure, the crew is due to return to Earth with a landing planned off the coast of California.