Even astronauts have a sense of humor, as shown during the docking of NASA crew 10 docked to the International Space Station (ISS) where they encountered “aliens” early Sunday mornings.
Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague was wearing alien masks while welcoming four newcomers after SpaceX Crew's Dragon Capsules docked to the station at 12:04am about 29 hours later at 7:03am on Friday. NASA's Kennedy Space Center In Florida.
While members of the ISS crew prepared capsules for boarding, The Hague was able to see them floating while wearing masks, hoodies, trousers and socks.
“NASA astronauts Anne McLean and Nicole Ayers, Jaxa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronauts Onish and Roscosmos Cosnow Kirill Peskov entered the International Space Station shortly after opening a hatche between the space station and the Space Dragon Space Raft.
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Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague can be seen wearing an alien mask while working while docking to the ISS. (NASA/SPACEX)
Following the opening of the hatch by Snie Williams, after a practical joke from The Hague, a new arrival floated, embracing the crew of 72 handshakes and the ship's bell rang.
“It was a great day. It was great to see my friends arrive,” Williams told Mission Control.
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Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague is sitting in the harbor wearing an alien mask when Crew-10 arrives at the ISS on March 16, 2025. (NASA/SPACEX)
Williams and Butch Willmore are expected to show their new arrivals inside and outside the space station before they finally return home nine months later. Their mission was scheduled to last a week after the launch of Boeing's first astronaut flight, but they were stuck in space after the issue was forced to get NASA to bring the Boeing Star Liner back into the sky.
The image, made from a video from NASA, shows the astronauts greeted each other after they were docked to the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16, 2025. From left to bottom row: Butch Wilmore, Onysia Alpine, Anne McLain, Kirill Peskov, Nicole Ayers, Don Pettitt. (NASA)
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The Hague and Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are scheduled to leave the station at 4am Wednesday before jumping off the coast of Florida.
Fox News' Landon Mion, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to the report.
