{"id":219989,"date":"2025-12-07T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/219989\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:46:09","slug":"nasa-crew-12-mystery-russian-cosmonaut-ousted-from-space-mission-for-allegedly-snapping-spacex-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/219989\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Crew-12 mystery: Russian Cosmonaut ousted from space mission for allegedly snapping SpaceX documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian cosmonaut has been removed from the upcoming NASA and SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, prompting speculation about the reasons behind the sudden replacement.<\/p>\n

Roscosmos, Russia\u2019s state space agency, confirmed on December 2 that veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev will no longer be flying on Crew-12. He has been replaced by fellow Russian astronaut Andrei Fedyayev. Roscosmos<\/a> did not provide a specific reason, stating only that Artemyev had been reassigned to another role.<\/p>\n

Possible security concerns<\/p>\n

Artemyev\u2019s removal is reportedly linked to an alleged national security violation during training in the United States. A report from independent Russian outlet The Insider which cited sources claims Artemyev may have photographed sensitive SpaceX documents and technology during Crew-12 preparation.<\/p>\n

Crew-12 mission details<\/p>\n

Scheduled for launch in February 2026, Crew-12 will mark NASA<\/a> and SpaceX<\/a>\u2019s 11th human science expedition to the ISS. The four-member crew will include two Americans, whose names have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

The six-month mission is part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, which allows the agency to contract private companies like SpaceX to transport astronauts and cargo to low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

Launch vehicle and capsule<\/p>\n

Crew-12 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center aboard SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket. Astronauts will ride inside a Dragon crew capsule, the only US spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Russian cosmonaut has been removed from the upcoming NASA and SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[118891,114783,118890,18,19,9128,17,15519,1024,118894,118895,118892,11878,118888,118889,118893,118896,133,118897,118898,451,2731],"class_list":{"0":"post-219989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-andrei-fedyayev","9":"tag-commercial-crew-program","10":"tag-crew-12-mission","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-international-space-station","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-iss","16":"tag-nasa","17":"tag-nasa-crew-12-iss-mission","18":"tag-nasa-crew-12-space-mission","19":"tag-oleg-artemyev-national-security-violation","20":"tag-roscosmos","21":"tag-russian-cosmonaut","22":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-oleg-artemyev","23":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-oleg-artemyev-training-in-the-united-states","24":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-ousted-from-space-mission","25":"tag-science","26":"tag-snapping-spacex-docs","27":"tag-snapping-spacex-documents-allegation","28":"tag-space","29":"tag-spacex"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}