Jack Hathaway

Jack Hathaway is a NASA astronaut. He is newsworthy because he is part of the four-person crew that recently arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The mission, designated SpaceX Crew-12, launched from Cape Canaveral and took approximately 34 hours to reach the ISS. Hathaway, along with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, will spend eight months on the ISS. Their primary purpose is to replace the previous crew, who were evacuated last month due to a medical emergency, marking NASA's first medical evacuation in 65 years of human spaceflight. Hathaway's arrival ensures the ISS returns to full operational strength and continues its scientific research and other activities.