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The Crew-12 mission is part of NASA's commercial flight program to the ISS using SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev is participating in the mission as part of international cooperation.
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Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, as part of the international crew of the Crew-12 mission, will return to Earth from the ISS on October 8.
The crew of the Crew-12 mission, including Fedyaev, stayed on the ISS for almost eight months - from mid-February.
WASHINGTON, October 6 – RIA Novosti. Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, as part of the international crew of Space X's Crew Dragon spacecraft with the Crew-12 mission, will return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 8, the American Space Agency (NASA) reports.
“Undocking on October 7 will allow NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adeno and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev to schedule a splashdown off the coast of California on Thursday, October 8, approximately at 11.34 (18.34 Moscow time),” says a message on the NASA website.
The crew of the Crew-12 mission, including Fedyaev, stayed on the ISS for almost eight months - from mid-February.
Last Sunday, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov took command of the ISS, replacing astronaut Meir. This was preceded by a rotation of crews.

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