One day after blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the SpaceX Crew-10 capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on March 16, delivering replacements to the two U.S. astronauts who had been originally scheduled to return nine months ago.
The four new astronauts represent the United States, Japan, and Russia, and will spend the ensuing days acclimating to the space station as Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their long-awaited return to Earth next week.
During that time, Wilmore and Williams will strap into the SpaceX Crew-9 capsule, one that embarked on its voyage to the ISS last year, to finally cap their long and arduous journey to space, which began in June 2024 and was only scheduled to last a week….