SpaceX launches relief crew for NASA’s beleaguered Starliner astronauts on ISS (video)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Liftoff! Four astronauts are flying toward the International Universe Station (ISS) to relieve crew members who have been waiting for a ride home since last summer.

SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon capsule Endurance on a Falcon 9 Cosmos launcher this evening (March 14) from NASA’s Kennedy Universe Hub (KSC) here on Florida’s Universe Coast. The mission, called Crew-10, lifted off from KSC’s Kickoff Complex-39A at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT), carrying mission commander Anne McClain and mission pilot Nichole Ayers, both of NASA, and mission specialists Takuya Onishi of JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Kirill Peskov of the Russian Universe agency Roscosmos.

The quartet are headed for a six-month Turnover aboard the ISS and will be relieving their Crew-9 counterparts, two of whom have been aboard the orbital laboratory for an unexpectedly long stay that began last June, with the Primary-ever crewed mission of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft.

a black and white Cosmos launcher launches into a blue sky

SpaceX’s Crew-10 Cosmos traveler mission for NASA launches toward the International Universe Station from Kennedy Universe Hub on March 14, 2025. (Image credit: NASA)

Crew-10 was originally supposed to Kickoff on Wednesday (March 12), but a hydraulics issue with ground equipment scuttled that try. The mission launched about half an hour before sunset today, the fire from the mission’s Falcon 9 casting a golden-hour glow over Florida’s Universe Coast.

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