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Eugene

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Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:17 PM Friday

SpaceX Crew 10 mission launched and underway

Liftoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches From Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are experiencing 2 g while SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket go through a rapid succession of events. 

It will take about 28.5 hours for the spacecraft to autonomously dock to the space station at 11:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 15, while traveling 17,000 mph orbiting the Earth.  

Coming up next, the nine Merlin engines on Falcon 9’s first stage will burn through one million pounds of propellant during the next three minutes. 

Live coverage of the Crew-10 broadcast is airing on NASA+. Learn  how to watch  NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

NASA will continue providing updates about the launch on the mission blog, @commercial crew on X, or commercial crew on Facebook.


https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2025/03/14/liftoff-nasas-spacex-crew-10-launches-from-kennedy-space-center/

Nominal orbit insertion. Successful return of booster to launch site.
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