NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10: Final Launch Preparations | 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 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), pose for a picture during training at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), training before their mission to the International Space Station.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Commander Anne McClain smiles in her flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers smiles in her flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) smiles in his flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Russia in his flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Official crew portrait of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 members: (from left) Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos (Russia); Pilot Nicole Ayers and Commander Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Emblem
Four crew members set to launch aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station entered routine pre-flight quarantine on February 26, 2025, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov of Russia, will spend the final two weeks before launch in isolation to prevent exposure to any illnesses before they meet with existing crew members aboard the space station.
Crew-10 will arrive at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 7, where they will remain in quarantine at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building as they complete final launch preparations.
The crew is targeted to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, aboard a Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy.
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.
Veteran Astronaut Anne McClain NASA Biography:
Astronaut Nichole Ayers NASA Biography:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi Biography:
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission will be the first spaceflight for Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Russia. Before his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he earned a degree in engineering from the Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation School and was a co-pilot on the Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft for airlines Nordwind and Ikar. Assigned as a test-cosmonaut in 2020, he has additional experience in skydiving, zero-gravity training, scuba diving, and wilderness survival.
Learn more about NASA's SpaceX Crew-10:
NASA's Commercial Crew Program:
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.
Image Credits: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Release Dates: Feb. 17-20, 2025
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