NASA will host a public welcome event for the Expedition 74 crew at Space Center Houston on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. CST. 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 and participate in an awards ceremony recognizing mission contributors.
Williams, Kud-Sverchkov, and Mikaev launched aboard Soyuz MS-28 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Nov. 27, 2025, and returned to Earth on July 26 after 241 days in space. They completed 3,856 orbits and traveled more than 102 million miles. Meir, Hathaway, and Adenot launched aboard Dragon on Feb. 13 as part of SpaceX Crew-12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and splashed down on Oct. 8 in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles after 237 days in orbit.
The Expedition 74 crew dedicated more than 1,400 hours to research and technology demonstrations. Their work included testing metal and tissue 3D-printing technologies for in-space manufacturing, conducting blood flow studies, and evaluating exercise systems. The crew performed pharmaceutical research to crystalize proteins for cancer medications and grew stem cells for therapeutics. They also tested life-support and environmental systems critical to NASA's Artemis program and conducted the first plant studies outside of curated growing systems aboard the station. The crew managed visiting spacecraft and performed maintenance essential to station operations.
Media may request in-person interviews by emailing jsc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.