SpaceX and NASA have launched a mission to bring back US astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore
To rescue US astronauts sunita williams and Butch Wilmore from the ISS, where they have been marooned for nine months, SpaceX and nasa have launched a mission. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-10 mission lifted off at 7:03 ET on Friday.
Additionally, the mission sent four crew members to the ISS: Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers.
Crew-10 is the eleventh voyage with a crew aboard to reach the ISS station through NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which also includes the Demo-2 test flight and the tenth crew rotation mission under SpaceX's human space transportation system.
After arriving on the ISS in june of last year, sunita williams and Butch Wilmore have been stuck there for nine months. They were expected to spend roughly a week there.
According to Fox News, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered his support for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 in a video message before the launch.
In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated, "I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you." He added, "We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon."
"President trump said to Elon Musk, 'get the astronauts home and do it now' - and they're responding," Hegseth said.
"And they're bringing nasa astronauts, [who] also happen to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, home," he added, as reported by Fox News.
Additionally, the mission sent four crew members to the ISS: Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers.
Crew-10 is the eleventh voyage with a crew aboard to reach the ISS station through NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which also includes the Demo-2 test flight and the tenth crew rotation mission under SpaceX's human space transportation system.
After arriving on the ISS in june of last year, sunita williams and Butch Wilmore have been stuck there for nine months. They were expected to spend roughly a week there.
According to Fox News, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered his support for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 in a video message before the launch.
In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated, "I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you." He added, "We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon."
"President trump said to Elon Musk, 'get the astronauts home and do it now' - and they're responding," Hegseth said.
"And they're bringing nasa astronauts, [who] also happen to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, home," he added, as reported by Fox News.