SpaceX's Crew 10 mission was docked on the International Space Station on Sunday morning, setting the stage to eventually return to Earth with two marginalized NASA astronauts trapped in orbit for months.
The Space-X rocket ship was lifted from Texas on Friday from Friday before being docked to the ISS at 12:5:05am ET on Sunday morning.
The dramatic docking of Video Feed Crew to the ISS-10 was shared live on X.
One camera shows docking from an ISS perspective, with crew 10 approaching as the cloudy Australian atmosphere spins into the background.
Space-X and NASA engineers celebrated in their globe-bound offices as the crew 10 capsules were successfully latched into the ISS docking port.
Arrived crews are scheduled to enter the ISS after 1:05am ET.
American astronaut Butch Wilmore is expected to greet the crew that arrives as the hatch is finally open to the space station.
NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Butch Wilmore have been caught up in the ISS since June after they encountered many issues that prevented Boeing's Starliner from returning, which was originally planned for eight days after its arrival.
The space transport duo folded into a plan to leave after the arrival of crew 9, consisting of American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who arrived at the ISS in August. The plan was discarded due to the lack of emergency escape pods for those remaining on the ISS.
Now, both Williams and Wilmore join Crew-9 on their journey back to Earth.
The Crew-10 was originally scheduled to be released on Wednesday evening, but the mission has been postponed due to issues with the ground support clamp arm on the rocket.
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