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2025-03-16 Science & Technology

SpaceX launches new crew to ISS to finally relieve NASA's 2 stuck astronauts

[NYPOST] SpaceX successfully launched Crew Dragon 10 to the International Space Station Friday night on a mission that will return NASA's two stranded astronauts back to Earth after nine long months in orbit.

The Crew-10 mission lifted off just after 7 p.m. in a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is expected to arrive at the ISS late Saturday night to relieve astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who could splashdown in the Sunshine State as early as Wednesday.

The pair of star gazers have been stuck at the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule suffered several leaks and mechanical issues during their weeklong mission last June.

Williams and Wilmore will head back to Earth on one of the docketed SpaceX capsules with fellow American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who arrived in space in September.

The trip would end the nine-month-long saga the two astronauts have endured after their initially planned 10 days on the ISS was extended indefinitely due to the Boeing malfunction, which cratered the company's reputation last year.

Posted by Fred 2025-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace 'Butch and Suni'

Tired of cleaning hair filters.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-16 01:26|| 2025-03-16 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 NASA's stuck astronauts welcome replacements who arrived to space station on SpaceX capsule

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-16 07:36|| 2025-03-16 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ That has driven me crazy - watching her hair all over the place.

Posted by Frank G 2025-03-16 07:36|| 2025-03-16 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Given how old the two of them are and how long they've been in micro-gravity, I suspect they'll have a long recuperation/rehabilitation period when they get back.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-03-16 10:03|| 2025-03-16 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ plus lifelong vision, brain, cardiovascular and skeletal issues. Humans are not built for extended zero-G environments.

Posted by Warthog 2025-03-16 10:08|| 2025-03-16 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 A Mars mission is going to take a lot longer.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-16 11:35|| 2025-03-16 11:35|| Front Page Top

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