Updated: March 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM

NASA, SpaceX prepare for Crew-10 mission (10 images)

By Wade Sheridan

NASA and SpaceX prepare for the Crew-10 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. The mission will send a four-member crew to the International Space Station and include the retrieval of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. Initial launch plans were scrubbed due to technical issues, with another launch attempt planned for Friday.

NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers of the SpaceX, NASA Crew-10 mission gestures as she walks out of the Operations and Checkout Building to board a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 12, 2025. Roscosmos cosmonaut Kiril Peskov, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Ayers will travel to the International Space Station to replace four members of the Crew-9 team. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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Onishi waves as he walks out of the Operations and Checkout Building. The mission was called off Wednesday because of a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm, NASA said. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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Left to right, members of the SpaceX NASA Crew-10 are Peskov, Ayers, McClain and Onishi. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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NASA said later Wednesday it is targeting a launch no earlier than 7:03 p.m. Friday, with the docking set for 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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