WORLDTECHNASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston
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What happened
Williams, Kud‑Sverchkov, and Mikaev launched aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Hathaway, and Adenot launched aboard a Dragon spacecraft.
During their 237-day mission, the four crew members traveled more than 100 million miles and completed more than 3,792 orbits around Earth. (March 15, 2026) — The International Space Station orbits 267 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean southwest of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Kibo laboratory module’s External Platform and the Canadarm2 robotic arm highlight the top foreground above Earth’s terminator—the line between night and day—in this photograph taken at approximately 6:36 a.m. The astronauts will be available for media interviews before the event.
The trio returned to Earth on July 26, making a parachute-assisted landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The crew was in space for 241 days, orbiting the Earth 3,856 times and traveling more than 102 million miles.
Johnson Space Center Office of Communications Nov 10, 2026 RELEASE J26-002 Johnson Space Center NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. The mission was the first for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud-Sverchkov.
After more than seven months aboard the space station, Meir, Hathaway, and Adenot safely splashed down. The mission was the second for Meir and the first for Hathaway and Adenot.