NASA Space Operations

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@NASASpaceOps

The Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate leads NASA’s human spaceflight and space-enabling activities across low Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond.

NASA Headquarters nasa.gov/human-spacefli… Joined April 2023

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NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps Oct 9

.@NASA is advancing American leadership in space by taking the next step toward a future where commercial space stations lead the way in low Earth orbit. On Friday, the agency released its final Request for Proposals inviting industry to submit plans for the next generation of commercial space stations.

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NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps Oct 8

After more than seven months aboard the @Space_Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. The crew members will discuss their science mission during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, at @NASAJohnson in Houston.

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2026.
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps Oct 8

Welcome home, Crew-12! 🌎

International Space Station Verified account @Space_Station Oct 8

.@NASA's @SpaceX Crew-12 mission splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, California, at 8:34 a.m. PDT/11:34 a.m. EDT today marking the end of 237 days in space. More... go.nasa.gov/4rT5o9L
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NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps Oct 7

.@NASA and @SpaceX are targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment, including the final set of @Space_Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, to the space station. This is the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital complex for NASA.

NASA also will host a media teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8 that will preview the cargo resupply flight, as well as provide a post-splashdown update for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which will have returned to Earth from the space station Thursday morning.

Learn more: nasa.gov/news-release/n…

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on June 16 after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port. Dragon, packed with completed science experiments and cargo for retrieval and analysis on Earth, parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of southern California the following day.
Credit: NASA

NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps Oct 6

After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the @Space_Station for @NASA, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, Oct. 9, as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission. Watch NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT through a variety of platforms.

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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft rests at its capture point on April 13, 2026, 12 meters from the International Space Station, as the Canadarm2 robotic arm prepares to grapple the resupply ship.
Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir