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If the SpaceX Crew-10 launch takes off as scheduled Wednesday evening, its crew is supposed to get to the ISS the following morning, according to the space agency.
“Here in a few short days Crew-10 is going to arrive,” Hague said last week from the ISS. “And we are going to hand the baton to Crew-10, and we are going to return to Earth at the end of a successful long-duration mission aboard the space station.”
NASA said in a recent blog post that there will be a “handover period” with the SpaceX Crew-10 before Wilmore, Williams, Hague and Gorbunov leave the ISS. Reports suggest their planetside return could occur as early as Sunday.
Another SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry them back to Earth, according to the space agency.
NASA said Crew-10 will “perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory” while living on the ISS.
Wednesday’s evening planned launch will mark Dragon’s tenth operational human spaceflight mission, according to SpaceX.
“Weather officials predict more than a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at Launch Complex 39A for the liftoff of @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying #Crew10 to the @Space_Station,” the Kennedy Space Center posted Wednesday on X.
SpaceX’s nearly 27-foot-tall Dragon spacecraft was built with room for up to seven passengers.