# NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Participate in Pre-Departure News Conference – Wednesday, September 16, 2026 (iss075m262591843)

Aboard the International Space Station NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev gave remarks about their mission during a news conference Sept. 16 ahead of their return to Earth via a parachute assisted splashdown off the coast of California. The four Crew-12 crew members have been living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 30 min
- By: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Genres: Space, News
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA%E2%80%99s_SpaceX_Crew-12_Participate_in_Pre-Departure_News_Conference_%E2%80%93_Wednesday,_September_16,_2026_(iss075m262591843).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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