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Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October.
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Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir
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Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W.
Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir.
Key facts
- Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W.
- Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir.
- Reported by NASA and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:03:37 UTC.
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