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Crew Dragon Undocks To Bring Four ISS Astronauts Home After 237 Days
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom undocked from the International Space Station at 7:05 a.m. Central on Wednesday, carrying four Crew-12 astronauts who will return to Earth.[1]
They are scheduled to splash down off Southern California at 10:34 a.m. Central on Thursday after a deorbit burn that begins at 9:46 a.m. Central.[1] The mission will conclude after 237 days in orbit, 3,792 Earth orbits and nearly 101 million miles traveled.[1]
Jessica Meir formally transferred command of the station to Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov before the Dragon undocked.[1]
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- Crew Dragon 'Freedom' undocked from the ISS at 8:05 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
- The four-person Crew-12 team is scheduled to splash down off Southern California at 11:34 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 8, 2026, after a deorbit burn starting at 10:46 a.m. Eastern.
- The mission will conclude after 237 days in orbit, 3,792 Earth orbits and nearly 101 million miles traveled.
- ISS command was formally transferred from Jessica Meir to Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov before departure.
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October 07, 2026