Adenot achieves European record with longest ISS mission
Sophie Adenot becomes European astronaut with longest ISS mission duration.
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ISS Crew-12 Return Delay
French astronaut Sophie Adenot and three international crew members experience delayed return from ISS due to adverse Pacific Ocean weather conditions, rescheduled from October 5 to October 8, 2026.
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2026-10-04 to 2026-10-31 · UTC publication dates
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Sophie Adenot to be received by European Space Agency after return
After splashdown and initial recovery in Houston, astronaut Sophie Adenot will be transferred to the care of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, Germany, where she will be reunited with her family.
Crew-12 transfers mission responsibilities to successor crew
The Crew-12 astronauts formally transferred mission responsibilities to their relief crew on Sunday, October 4, 2026. The successor crew had arrived on Friday, October 1 to replace them at the International Space Station.
NASA delays return of Crew-12 mission due to adverse weather conditions
NASA postponed the undocking of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station from Monday, October 5 to no earlier than Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 1:05 a.m. EDT (7:05 a.m. Paris time) due to unfavorable weather conditions and sea state in the splashdown zone off the California coast.
Crew-12 astronauts scheduled to splash down in Pacific Ocean
If the revised schedule is maintained, astronauts Sophie Adenot, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, October 8, 2026 at approximately 15:25 GMT (17:25 Paris time) and be recovered near Houston, Texas.
French astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes European astronaut with longest space mission
Sophie Adenot became the European astronaut (male or female) with the longest space mission, having spent more than 230 days in orbit. She launched on February 13 and achieved this record on September 3, 2026.
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Weather forces NASA to postpone Crew-12 Pacific Ocean return
NASA delays Crew-12 return due to adverse Pacific Ocean weather conditions.