NASA’s Starliner Astronauts Welcome New Crew to Space Station

‘It was a wonderful day. Great to see our friends arrive,’ Williams told Mission Control.
NASA’s Starliner Astronauts Welcome New Crew to Space Station
Astronaut Don Pettit (bottom C) hugs Kirill Peskov as astronauts greet each other after a SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station on March 16, 2025. NASA via AP
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One day after blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the SpaceX Crew-10 capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on March 16, delivering replacements to the two U.S. astronauts who had been originally scheduled to return nine months ago.

The four new astronauts represent the United States, Japan, and Russia, and will spend the ensuing days acclimating to the space station as Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their long-awaited return to Earth next week.

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