SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Brings Relief to Stranded Astronauts on ISS

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, marooned for nine months due to Boeing Starliner issues, prepare to return to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule.

The SpaceX Crew-10 Dragon capsule successfully docked with the ISS on Sunday, March 16, following a smooth launch after an earlier scrub due to hydraulic issues.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, originally sent to the ISS for an eight-day mission aboard Boeing's Starliner, have spent nine months in orbit due to technical failures with the spacecraft.
The Crew-10 mission, carrying four new astronauts, will allow the stranded pair, along with two other Crew-9 members, to return to Earth on Wednesday, March 19, with a planned splashdown off the Florida coast.
During their extended stay, Williams and Wilmore contributed to over 150 scientific experiments and observed significant Earth events, including hurricanes and wildfires, from orbit.
The next critical ISS mission involves a SpaceX Dragon cargo freighter, scheduled to launch next month, to replenish supplies following damage to a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft.