SpaceX Crew-10 is planned to be the tenth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 17th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport four crew members – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov – to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is planned to launch in March 2025.
.jpg) Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | USCV-10 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 150 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon C213 |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Expedition | Expedition 73 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 2025 (planned)[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | July 2025 (planned)[2] |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward or zenith |
| Docking date | March 2025 (planned) |
| Undocking date | July 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 150 days (planned) |
 Mission patch .jpg) From left: Peskov, Ayers, McClain and Onishi | |
Crew
edit| Position[3] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Anne McClain, NASAExpedition 73 Second spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Nichole Ayers, NASA Expedition 73 First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 |  Takuya Onishi, JAXAExpedition 73 Second spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Kirill Peskov, RoscosmosExpedition 73 First spaceflight | |
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Specialist 2 | Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos[4]
| |
Mission
editThe tenth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program was initially scheduled for launch in February 2025.[5][6] This mission marks the maiden flight of Crew Dragon C213, the fifth and potentially final Crew Dragon spacecraft.[7][8] The launch was ultimately postponed by one month to March 2025 to allow SpaceX and NASA to complete final testing and integration of the new spacecraft.[1] Additionally, the crew will have the unique honor of naming the capsule, a tradition reserved for inaugural flights.
References
edit- ^ a b Niles-Carnes, Elyna (17 December 2024). "NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date". NASA. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Niles-Carnes, Elyna (15 October 2024). "NASA Updates 2025 Commercial Crew Plan". NASA. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission - NASA". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Crews in training]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Wall, Mike (2 August 2024). "NASA reveals astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission to the ISS". Space.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts". Digital Trends. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (19 November 2022). "SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
Walker revealed at the briefing SpaceX plans to build a fifth and likely final Crew Dragon.
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Overview News Conference". NASA. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
