NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is now scheduled to launch on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 7:03 PM EDT, following a delay earlier this week resulting from technical points.
The preliminary try to launch on Wednesday, March 12 was scrubbed about 44 minutes earlier than liftoff. The delay was attributable to an issue with the hydraulics on a clamp used to stabilize the rocket earlier than launch.
The Crew-10 mission will ship 4 astronauts to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). The crew consists of Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers from NASA, Takuya Onishi from Japan’s JAXA, and Kirill Peskov from Russia’s Roscosmos. This will likely be McClain’s second spaceflight and the primary for Ayers and Peskov.
One of many key goals of this mission is to assist return two NASA astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, who’ve been stranded on the ISS since June 2024.
Their return was delayed due to points with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Initially, they had been supposed to remain in house for less than a short while, however now their keep has been prolonged. They’re anticipated to return residence quickly after Crew-10 arrives on the ISS.
The spacecraft that will likely be used for this mission is SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, named “Endurance”. This capsule has already efficiently flown on earlier missions, and NASA and SpaceX determined to reuse it to hurry up the mission and assist deliver Wilmore and Williams residence sooner.
The Crew-10 astronauts will perform scientific analysis on the ISS to assist put together for future human house exploration past low-Earth orbit. As soon as they arrive on the ISS, Wilmore and Williams will be part of the Crew-9 astronauts and start their journey again to Earth.
The Crew-10 mission will launch from Launch Advanced 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida. After launch, the primary stage of the rocket will land at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station.
The launch will happen at 7:03 PM EDT on Friday, March 14, 2025, which is 4:03 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2025, Pakistan Time (PKT).
This mission marks a big second in worldwide collaboration in house exploration, with astronauts from NASA, Japan, and Russia working collectively on the ISS.