SpaceX Crew-10 Arrives at ISS to Relieve Stranded NASA Astronauts

After nine months in space, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are preparing to return to Earth on March 19.

SpaceX's Crew-10 spacecraft docked at the International Space Station early on March 16, delivering four new astronauts to replace the current crew.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, originally scheduled for an eight-day mission, have spent nine months aboard the ISS due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
The Crew-10 team includes NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, who will remain on the ISS for six months.
Wilmore and Williams, along with two other astronauts, are scheduled to return to Earth no earlier than March 19, pending weather conditions for a splashdown off Florida's coast.
The extended mission has drawn global attention, with the astronauts conducting research, maintenance, and spacewalks while awaiting their replacement crew.