NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California
Publisher’s note: this version was edited August 9, 2025, to update the host port of the International Space Station for the CREW-10 mission.
The first splashing crew in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of the NASA commercial crew program finished the agency’s 10th commercial rotation mission on Saturday at the International Space Station.
The astronauts of NASA Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Jaxa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov returned to Earth at 11:33 HA. The teams on board SpaceX recovery ships recovered the spaceship and its crew. After his return to Shore, the crew will go to the NASA Houston’s Johnson Space Center and find their families.
“Splashdown! Crew-10 is back on land from the international space station marking the completion of another successful flight,” said NASA interim administrator Sean Duffy. “Our crew missions are the constituent elements of long -term human exploration, pushing the limits of what is possible. NASA opens the way by putting a daring vision of exploration where we have a prosperous space industry supporting private space stations in low terrestrial orbit, as well as humans exploring the moon and March. “
The agency SpaceX Crew-10 mission took off at 7:03 p.m. on March 14, from the Complex 39a Launch to the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 29 hours later, the crew Dragon Spacex spacecraft accused the front -facing port of the Harmony module at 12:04 p.m. on March 16. The crew-10 dropped off at 6:15 p.m. on August 8, to start the return trip.
During their mission, the crew members covered nearly 62,795,20 million miles and carried out 2,368 orbits on earth. The crew-10 mission was the first space flight for Ayers and Peskov, and the second space flight for MCCLAIN and Onishi. McClain recorded 352 days in space on its two flights, and Onishi recorded 263 days in space during its flights.
Along the way, CREW-10 has contributed to hundreds of hours in scientific research, maintenance activities and technological demonstrations. McClain, Ayers and Onishi have carried out research on the growth of plants and microalgae, examined how spatial radiation affects DNA sequences in plants, observed how microgravity changes the structure of human eyes and body cells, and more. Research carried out on board the orbit laboratory advances scientific knowledge and demonstrates new technologies that allow us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
McClain and Ayers also finished a space walk on May 1, relocating a communication antenna, starting the installation of a mounting medium for a future solar table for the deployment of the international space station and other tasks. It was MCClain’s third space step, the first for Ayers and the 275TH support for the space station, maintenance and upgrades.
The return of the crew-10 on Earth follows the mission of the crew-11, which accosted at the station on August 2 for its long-term scientific shipment.
The NASA commercial crew program offers reliable access to space, maximizing the use of the International Space Station for Research and Development, and by supporting future missions beyond Low Earth Orbit, such as the Moon and Mars, by associating with private American companies, including SpaceX, to transport astronauts to and from the space station.
Find out more about the NASA commercial crew program at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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