ISS Updates
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Closes Dragon Hatch, Preps for Departure
At 6:05 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station, marking the start of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 return operations.
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| Author | Mark A. Garcia |
At 6:05 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station, marking the start of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 return operations.
The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the orbiting laboratory at about 8:05 a.m. to begin its journey back to Earth. NASA’s undocking coverage begins streaming at 7:45 a.m. across multiple platforms. Learn where to watch online:
After undocking coverage concludes, NASA will distribute audio-only discussions between Crew-12, the space station, and flight controllers during Dragon’s transit away from the orbital complex.
Live return coverage resumes at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, continuing through splashdown.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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Published 2026-10-07T10:21:00+00:00; updated 2026-10-09T14:45:50+00:00 (GMT, as published by NASA; not the time of the activities described).
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| Source | NASA — ISS Updates |
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| Feed | nasa.gov wp/v2/nasa-blog (blog-name 16073) |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 12 Oct 2026, 20:24 EDT |
| Last observed here | 12 Oct 2026, 20:24 EDT |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | 0c68849a-eedd-5a7f-9a70-f59f74f21a0d |
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