MERRITT ISLAND, Fla.—Another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into twilight skies above Florida’s east coast on March 14, sending NASA’s (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for a four-month stay and the start of the 73rd long-duration liveaboard mission in nearly 25 years.
Onboard SpaceX’s Dragon “Endurance” are NASA astronaut and active-duty Army Colonel Anne McClain (Crew-10 commander), NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Major Nichole Ayers (pilot), JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi (mission specialist), and Russia’s Roscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov (mission specialist).
They are scheduled to dock with the orbiting laboratory around 11:30 p.m. on March 15. Their arrival will signal the final countdown for the return of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams….