KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), March 12, 2025 – Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. While on station, the crew will engage in a wide variety of research sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory® , including materials and physical sciences experiments and biomedical research. Findings from these investigations will benefit humanity and drive commerce in low Earth orbit(Abbreviation: LEO) The orbit around the Earth that extends up to an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Earth’s surface. The International Space Station’s orbit is in LEO, at an altitude of approximately 250 miles..
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts Anne McClain (commander) and Nichole Ayers (pilot) will join JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi (mission specialist) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov (mission specialist) as part of Expedition 73 on the space station.
Below are some of the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations that the Crew-10 astronauts will support during their expedition:
The Crew-10 mission, which is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program , is scheduled to lift off no earlier than March 12, 2025, at 7:48 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Over the coming weeks, additional information will be available regarding ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations launching on future Commercial Resupply Services missions to the space station. To learn more, visit our launch page .
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