{"id":2000128383,"date":"2026-10-08T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000128383"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:03:26","slug":"nasas-spacex-crew-12-mission-undocks-from-iss-for-return-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nasas-spacex-crew-12-mission-undocks-from-iss-for-return-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s SpaceX Crew-12 mission undocks from ISS for return to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts undocked from the ISS at 8:05 a.m. Eastern Time (1205 GMT) to begin the journey home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spacecraft is scheduled to splash down off the California coast at approximately 11:34 a.m. Thursday, marking the end of the Crew-12 mission&#8217;s months-long stay in space, according to NASA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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