NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 Departing Houston for Florida | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 Departing Houston for Florida | International Space Station

The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (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 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), pose for a picture before flying from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left): NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos (Russia)

NASA astronaut and Crew-10 commander, Anne McClain

A Special Message from Crew-10 Commander Anne McClain: "Departure Day" from Houston to Florida. When people think about spaceflight, they usually think most about launch day, and how it must be the day when we think most deeply about the magnitude of what we are doing. It is, of course, the day with the biggest bang—its not super normal to wake up in the morning and yeet yourself off the planet.

But before launch day, there are a series of other significant departures. The last day of training. The last time you see friends. When you leave the regular world and enter quarantine. When you get out of your own bed for the last time, and realize the adventure you will have before you are back again. When you leave home and see it in the rearview mirror. Hugging your loved ones for the last time.

Today was one of those poignant days. Today, Crew-10 left our homes (and temporary homes, for our international crewmembers) in Houston to travel to Kennedy Space Center. For us, it was a transition in the very definition of "home" and "family." We have transitioned to NASA housing, and soon our crew will rely most heavily on one another—we are as close as a family.

You have seen astronauts float through the hatches, giving hugs and high fives. But before each joyous arrival day, there are departure days.

"If you are going to go fast, go alone. If you are going to go far, go together." 50 years after Apollo-Soyuz redefined international space cooperation, Crew-10 is going together.

Go Crew-10!🚀

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 is targeted to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Crew-10 Commander Anne McClain
Release Date: March 7, 2025

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