NASA reported on October 8, 2026, that the four members of SpaceX Crew-12 were about an hour away from splashing down in their Dragon spacecraft. The deorbit burn was scheduled to begin around 10:46 a.m. EDT, with splashdown targeted for approximately 11:34 a.m.

The crew comprises NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. According to the agency, weather conditions remained favorable and teams were "go" at the primary splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, California.

The mission returned the crew from the International Space Station. NASA said its coverage was being streamed across various platforms.