SpaceX's Crew-10 mission has efficiently launched from NASA's Kennedy Area Heart in Florida at 7:03PM Japanese on March 14. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Company's Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are onboard and can be part of the ISS crew after the spacecraft docks with the orbiting lab at 11:30PM Japanese time on March 15. The brand new crew's arrival will permit NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to fly again house after their supposed week-long keep on the ISS had changed into a nine-month stint.
Williams and Wilmore flew to the ISS aboard the Boeing Starliner's first crewed flight meant to show its readiness to ferry astronauts to orbit. On the way in which to the station, nevertheless, the Starliner began leaking helium, and a few of its thrusters had malfunctioned. Whereas the astronauts and floor engineers tried to unravel the problem, NASA had finally determined to have the Starliner fly again house uncrewed. The spacecraft returned back to Earth in September, leaving Williams and Wilmore aboard the ISS.
Earlier than Boeing's Starliner flew again, NASA had already determined that Williams and Wilmore can be coming house with the SpaceX Crew-9 personnel. The mission headed to the station with solely two astronauts onboard to go away two seats open for its return. They have been initially scheduled to fly again in February, however Crew-10's launch was finally delayed to provide SpaceX sufficient time to course of a brand new Dragon spacecraft for the mission. Williams and Wilmore are actually anticipated to fly again to Earth with Crew-9's Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov as quickly as March 19.
Watch Falcon 9 launch Dragon and Crew-10 to the @Space_Station → https://t.co/VPdhVwQFNJ https://t.co/ZeAFaKzKD0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2025
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