Crew-12 Dragon Pacific splashdown and recovery

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom safely returned NASA's Crew-12 astronauts to Earth with a Pacific splashdown off Los Angeles and recovery by SpaceX teams.

NASA reported that the four-person crew splashed down at 8:34 a.m. PDT on October 8 after 237 days in orbit. SpaceX recovery vessels retrieved the spacecraft and crew shortly afterward.

Headline metrics

Crew	4 people
Mission duration	237 days
Distance traveled	More than 100 million miles
Earth orbits	More than 3,792

Highlights

Recovery timeThe spacecraft splashed down at 8:34 a.m. PDT on October 8.
Recovery operationsSpaceX recovery vessels retrieved Crew Dragon Freedom and its four crewmembers shortly after splashdown.

Resources

NASA Crew-12 recovery releasenasa.gov