SpaceX Crew-10

SpaceX Crew-10
Crew Dragon Endurance awaits takeoff at LC-39A
NamesUSCV-10
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2025-049A
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Mission duration147 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Endurance
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 72/73
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 14, 2025, 23:03:48 UTC (7:03:48 PM EDT)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1090‑2), Flight 446
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Recovered byMV Shannon
Landing dateAugust 9, 2025 15:33:44 UTC (8:33:44 AM PDT)
Landing sitePacific Ocean near San Diego (32°30′N 117°42′W / 32.5°N 117.7°W / 32.5; -117.7)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude151 km (94 mi)
Apogee altitude200 km (120 mi)
Inclination51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward
Docking dateMarch 16, 2025, 04:04:52 UTC
Undocking dateAugust 8, 2025, 22:15 UTC
Time docked145 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes

NASA (left), SpaceX (middle), and JAXA (right) mission patches

From left: Peskov, Ayers, McClain and Onishi

SpaceX Crew-10 was the tenth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 16th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission transported four crew members — NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov — to the International Space Station (ISS).[2] The mission launched on March 14, 2025, 23:03:48 UTC (7:03:48 PM EDT) from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

Crew

Prime crew
Position[3] Crew
Commander United States Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 72/73
Second spaceflight
Pilot United States Nichole Ayers, NASA
Expedition 72/73
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Japan Takuya Onishi, JAXA
Expedition 72/73
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Kirill Peskov, Roscosmos
Expedition 72/73
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position[4] Crew
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Oleg Platonov, Roscosmos

Mission

Attempt Planned Result Turnaround Reason Decision point Weather go (%) Notes
1 12 Mar 2025, 7:48:56 pm Scrubbed — Technical 12 Mar 2025, 7:04 pm ​(T−00:44:00) >95[5] Ground equipment hydraulic problem.
2 14 Mar 2025, 7:03:48 pm Success 1 day 23 hours 15 minutes >95[6]

The tenth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program was initially scheduled for launch in February 2025.[7][8] This mission was to see the maiden flight of Crew Dragon Grace, the fifth and potentially final Crew Dragon spacecraft.[9][10] The launch was ultimately postponed by one month to late March 2025 to allow SpaceX and NASA to complete final testing and integration of the new spacecraft.[11] However, because NASA believed that C213 would not be ready for its debut launch until late April, the mission was reassigned to Crew Dragon Endurance, allowing the launch date to be moved up to earlier in March.[12]

The launch attempt on March 12, 2025 was scrubbed about 44 minutes before the planned liftoff time due to a suspected pocket of air trapped in the hydraulics on one of the clamps on the strongback that restrains and stabilizes the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket while it stands vertically on the launch pad before launch.[13][14][15]

The mission ended with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on August 9, 2025.

SpaceX Crew-10

References

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