Crossfiled4 outlets · filed 7 October 2026
4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space
Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research.
ABC News
What the coverage shows
Both CNN and the Associated Press present the story as live coverage of Crew-12’s return from the ISS and say the splashdown is scheduled off the California coast. CNN is slightly more specific in naming the Pacific Ocean and giving an approximate 11:34 a.m. Eastern time, while AP foregrounds the eight-month stay at the International Space Station and, in the extract provided, cuts off before the full splashdown location detail.
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