SpaceX and NASA launched the Crew-10 mission at 7:03 ET on Friday, with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to convey U.S. astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore again from the Worldwide House Station (ISS), the place that they had been stranded for 9 months.
The mission additionally delivered 4 new crew members to the ISS together with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.
Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission beneath SpaceX’s human area transportation system and the 11th crewed flight to the ISS via NASA’s Business Crew Program, together with the Demo-2 check flight.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the ISS for 9 months, having arrived final June. Their keep was initially supposed to final solely a few week.
Forward of the launch, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth shared a video message expressing assist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10, Fox Information reported.
In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated, “I simply need to take a quick second to say we’re praying for you.” He added, “We want you Godspeed, and we look ahead to welcoming you all residence quickly.”
“President Trump stated to Elon Musk, ‘get the astronauts residence and do it now’ – they usually’re responding,” Hegseth stated.
“And so they’re bringing NASA astronauts, [who] additionally occur to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, residence,” he added, ANI reported Fox Information.
(With ANI inputs)
