Oleg Artemyev is in the news for Crew-12 on the ISS, as Russia repairs Baikonur’s damaged launchpad. He’s a seasoned Russian cosmonaut, born 1970.
On February 15, 2026, NASA's Crew-12 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS), restoring the full seven-member crew after a month operating with a skeleton team due to a medical evacuation in January. The crew includes Americans Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They will conduct scientific experiments during an eight-month mission aboard the aging ISS, scheduled for deorbit in 2030.