The Stars My Destination: Crew-10

Better Late than Never | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa!

The Space Age
14 March-9 August 2025: Commander Anne McClain (N.A.S.A.), Pilot Nichole Ayers (N.A.S.A.), Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi (J.A.X.A.), & Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov (Roscosmos) lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance (C210) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The quartet docked with the International Space Station for an intended five-month mission to the orbital laboratory.

After one hundred forty-seven days on orbit, the Endurance splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean & was recovered by the M.V. Shannon.

McClain was a veteran of a previous spaceflight (Soyuz MS-11 for Expeditions 58 & 59); Ayers, Onishi, & Peskov were rookies. Crew-10 served as served as part of International Space Station Expeditions 72 & 73.

Crew-10 was the fourth flight of the Endurance C210.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-10 & the Endurance
Fountains of Wayne, "Red Dragon Tattoo" from Utopia Parkway (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
2020
Demo-2 Launch
Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch
2021
Crew-1 Relocation
Crew-2 Launch
Crew-1 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-2 Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch
Crew-3 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch
Crew-4 Splashdown
2023
Crew-6 Scrub
Crew-6 Launch
Crew-5 Splashdown
Ax-2 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Launch
Crew-6 Splashdown
2024
Ax-3 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Splashdown
Crew-8 Launch & Splashdown
Boe-C.F.T. Launch & Landing
Polaris Dawn Launch & Splashdown
Crew-9 Launch & Splashdown

Godspeed & welcome back to the good Earth, Crew-10!