NASA to welcome Expedition 74 crew home to Space Center Houston
1 min readNASA said it will welcome the Expedition 74 crew home following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. The agency will hold a public event at Space Center Houston.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will share mission highlights at 6 p.m. CST Tuesday, Nov. 17. The presentation will take place at NASA Johnson Space Center’s visitor center. An awards ceremony for key mission contributors will follow.
Williams, Kud‑Sverchkov and Mikaev launched aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 27, 2025. They returned on July 26 and landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The crew spent 241 days in space, orbited Earth 3,856 times and traveled more than 102 million miles. The mission was the first for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud‑Sverchkov.
Meir, Hathaway and Adenot launched aboard a Dragon spacecraft on Feb. 13 as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After more than seven months aboard the space station, they splashed down on Oct. 8 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. Their 237-day mission included more than 100 million miles of travel and more than 3,792 orbits around Earth.
The Expedition 74 crew dedicated more than 1,400 hours to scientific research and technology demonstrations aboard the International Space Station. The work tested metal and tissue 3D-printing technologies and supported studies of blood flow, piloting capabilities, human health and long-duration spaceflight.
The crew also conducted pharmaceutical research, studied plants outside curated systems, evaluated life-support and environmental systems, managed visiting spacecraft and maintained the orbiting laboratory. NASA said the crew also held live educational events and shared imagery about scientific discovery and international collaboration aboard the space station.
