NASA and SpaceX Successfully Launch Crew-10 Mission to International Space Station – One America News Network
OAN Staff Katie Smith
6:45 PM – Friday, March 14, 2025
The Falcon 9 rocket’s launch marked the tenth operational crewed mission for SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, aimed at rescuing two astronauts who were stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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The Falcon 9 rocket took flight from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a crew of four.
The crew consisted of Commander Anne McClain, Pilot Nichole Ayers, Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi, and Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov. They are set to replace SpaceX’s Crew-9 members, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksanr Gorbuno.
In addition, the new crew will take over for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been unable to leave the ISS since June.
Initially, their mission was planned to last only a week. However, complications such as “helium leaks” and “issues with the spacecraft’s reaction control thrusters” during docking rendered their Boeing Starliner spacecraft unsuitable for return.
The Crew-10 launch was postponed from its original date on Wednesday due to some difficulties with the rocket’s hydraulics.
The mission is projected to dock with the ISS late on Saturday night.
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