{"id":179125,"date":"2025-12-07T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179125\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:19:08","slug":"nasa-crew-12-mystery-russian-cosmonaut-ousted-from-space-mission-for-allegedly-snapping-spacex-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179125\/","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 He has been replaced by fellow Russian astronaut Andrei Fedyayev.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":179126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[97652,97655,97651,61,2631,60,4918,91,97656,97657,97653,9332,97649,97650,97654,97658,82,97659,97660,247,2306],"class_list":{"0":"post-179125","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-ie","12":"tag-international-space-station","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-iss","15":"tag-nasa","16":"tag-nasa-crew-12-iss-mission","17":"tag-nasa-crew-12-space-mission","18":"tag-oleg-artemyev-national-security-violation","19":"tag-roscosmos","20":"tag-russian-cosmonaut","21":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-oleg-artemyev","22":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-oleg-artemyev-training-in-the-united-states","23":"tag-russian-cosmonaut-ousted-from-space-mission","24":"tag-science","25":"tag-snapping-spacex-docs","26":"tag-snapping-spacex-documents-allegation","27":"tag-space","28":"tag-spacex"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}