SpaceX’s Crew 10 counts down to launch on the International Space Station on Friday afternoon. (Credit: NASA)
SpaceX’s Crew 10 launched on Space on Friday, bringing home two NASA astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 6th.
In a photo of the Apollo crew, the four crew equipped in the “suit-up room” are ordinates to mission numbers before driving to the launchpad with multiple Teslas decorated with “LIF10FF” license plates.
Each astronaut was subjected to health hygiene before being explained by SpaceX and NASA. They then took part in various traditions, including card games to eliminate bad luck.
SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts will prepare in the suit-up room on Friday. (NASA/FOX News)
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The launch to rescue Barry “Butch” Willmore and Snie Williams was originally planned for Wednesday, but hydraulic ground issues stopped the mission minutes before takeoff.
NASA live streamer said there is a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions on Friday afternoons, the same probability as SpaceX announced before previous delays.
Streamers appear to be optimistic about the possibility of an imminent launch, and concerns about the Kumuls cloud cite only a small amount of concern.
SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts will play cards before they are released on Friday. (NASA/FOX News)
SpaceX, in collaboration with NASA, launched the Dragon spacecraft and the Falcon 9 rocket from the US Space Agency’s Kennedy Space Center just after 7pm.
Commander Anne McLain, Pilot Nicole Ayers, mission specialist Onysia, and mission specialist Kirill Peskov arrived in space in late September, SpaceX Crew 9, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, and Roscosmos Cosmont Alexander Gorbuno.
SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts will be preparing to launch on the ISS on Friday. (NASA/FOX News)
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They also aim to save Willmore and Williams. Boeing Starliner Spaceship, It returned to Earth unmanned in September.
Hague, Wilmore and Williams have completed more than 900 hours of research during their time at the ISS, NASA announced late last week.
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, left, Butch Willmore. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP Getty Images / Getty Images)
In August, NASA allowed it to do so with additional time for Strand astronauts to spend at the station. Boeing “We will continue to collect Starliner test data during future flights, but will not accept any more risks than our crew need.”
Starliner had “helium leaks” and “spacecraft reaction control thruster issues” while docking to the ISS in June, according to previous reports.
On October 4th, 2018, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by 56 crew members of expeditions from the Soyuz spacecraft after rocking. (NASA/ROSCOSMOS/HANDOUT REUTERS, FILE/REUTERS)
According to NASA, a “handover period” will take place on Crew-10 before Willmore, Williams, The Hague and Golbunov leave the ISS.
Officials say they will soon return to Earth on Sunday with another SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft.
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While in space, Crew-10 will “take research, technology demonstrations and maintenance activities on the Microgravity Laboratory,” NASA said.
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Friday’s launch will be Dragon’s 10th Operational human space flight missions.
The 27-foot-high spacecraft was built in rooms for up to seven passengers.
Aislinn Murphy of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
