NASA Crew-10 Astronauts Launch to ISS on SpaceX Rocket
Finally, they left. Three astronauts and one astronaut SpaceX The Crew-10 mission is heading to the International Space Station. The lift went smoothly last Friday at 7:03 pm ET, when the Falcon 9 rocket lifted the Dragon Spacecraft (called Endurance) into space.
Why is SpaceX Crew-10 release delayed?
NASA plans to launch the spacecraft at 7:48 p.m. Wednesday at the launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch complex has a long history dating back to the Apollo Moon Project era in the 1960s.
However, hydraulic system issues meant that Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya onishi and Roskosmos astronaut Kirill Peskov had to withdraw from the Dragon plane. The plan to try again on Thursday was cancelled due to weather forecasts and moved to Friday.
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Watch Friday’s release
NASA launches complex 39A on Friday, 7:03 pm ET.
Crew 10 Pier to be released: How to watch
Arrival coverage starts at 9:45 PM on Saturday. Free streaming service NASA Plus Docking, open and welcoming ceremonies will be played. If all goes well, Endurance will dock with the International Space Station at 11:30 p.m. Saturday and Hatch is scheduled to be 1:05 a.m. on Sunday.
Return to “stand” astronaut
Crew 10 has a lot more than a typical crew rotation task. NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore Become a long-time ISS resident after conducting a test mission at Boeing’s Starliner Crew Capsule. The crew capsule encountered technical problems and was sent back to Earth without astronauts.
Williams and Wilmore’s ISS unexpectedly extended for more than eight months. The arrival of Crew-10 refers to Williams, Wilmore, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will be able to hand over ISS duties to new immigrants and return to Earth on Earth SpaceX Dragon is shipped in September. The dragon came home with two open seats to the Starliner Crew’s journey.
With Friday’s release, nine crew members, including the heavily postponed Williams and Wilmore, will leave the station no earlier than Wednesday, March 19, depending on the weather at the splash location on the Florida coast.
Both Williams and Wilmore insist that they won’t be bothered, although the term has been widely used in news coverage and social media.
