OAN Staff Katie Smith
6:45pm – Friday, March 14th, 2025
The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket by Dragon Capsules was a success in the 10th operational space flight mission to save two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Four crew members on the Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday.
The rockets were Commander Anne McLain, Pilot Nicole Ayers, mission specialist Onisy and mission specialist Kirill Peskov. They will replace SpaceX's Crew 9, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Los Cosmos astronaut Aleksanr Gorbuno.
The crew is also replacing astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams, duoes who have been on the ISS since June.
Their original mission was supposed to last a week. However, during docking to the ISS, due to “helium leaks” and “spacecraft reaction control thruster issues,” Boeing Starliner's spacecraft was deemed unsuitable for return.
The release of Crew 10 was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was eventually cancelled due to rocket hydraulic issues.
The mission is scheduled to be docked to the ISS late on Saturday night.
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