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 February 2025.

SpaceX Crew-10
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
NamesUSCV-10
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
Mission duration180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon C213
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 72 / 73
Start of mission
Launch dateFebruary 2025 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40
End of mission
Landing dateJuly 2025 (planned)[2]
Landing sitePacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward or zenith
Docking dateFebruary 2025 (planned)[1]
Undocking dateJuly 2025 (planned)
Time docked180 days (planned)

Mission patch

From left: Ayers, Peskov, McClain and Onishi

Crew

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Prime crew
Position[3] Crew
Commander   Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 72 / 73
Second spaceflight
Pilot   Nichole Ayers, NASA
Expedition 72 / 73
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1   Takuya Onishi, JAXA
Expedition 72 / 73
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2   Kirill Peskov, Roscosmos
Expedition 72 / 73
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew
Mission Specialist 2   Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos[4]

Mission

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The tenth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in February 2025.[1][5]

This mission will be the maiden flight of Crew Dragon C213, the fifth and likely final Crew Dragon spacecraft.[6][7] As such, the crew will have the honor of naming the capsule.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wall, Mike (2 August 2024). "NASA reveals astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission to the ISS". Space.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Niles-Carnes, Elyna (15 October 2024). "NASA Updates 2025 Commercial Crew Plan". NASA. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ^ "NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission - NASA". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Crews in training]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts". Digital Trends. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Overview News Conference". NASA. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.