NASA's SpaceX Crew-10: Training in California | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10: Training in California | International Space Station

The crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos (Russia), NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), pose for a picture during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

Crew-10 mission (from left) Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos (Russia), NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

NASA astronauts (from left) Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission pilot and commander respectively, smile and grab hands during a simulation inside a mockup of a SpaceX Dragon cockpit at the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California. 

NASA astronaut and commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission Anne McClain in training

NASA astronaut and pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission Nichole Ayers in training

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California.

Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission Kirill Peskov of Russia is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company's in Hawthorne, California.

The SpaceX Crew-10 patch

Four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Russia will join astronauts at the orbiting laboratory no earlier than February 2025.

Veteran Astronaut Anne McClain NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/anne-c-mcclain/

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/anne-c-mcclain/

Astronaut Nichole Ayers NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-nichole-ayers

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/nasa-astronaut-nichole-ayers/

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi Biography

https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/onishi-takuya/

The flight is the 10th crew rotation with SpaceX to the station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. While aboard, the international crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future missions and benefit people on Earth.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credits: SpaceX/NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2024

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