SpaceX Crew-10 explained

SpaceX Crew-10

Names List:

USCV-10

Mission Type:

ISS crew transport

Operator:

SpaceX

Mission Duration:

180 days (planned)

Manufacturer:

SpaceX

Crew Size:

Crew Expedition:

Expedition 72 / 73

Launch Date:

February 2025 (planned)

Launch Rocket:

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Site:

Kennedy, LC39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC40

Landing Date:

July 2025 (planned)^[1]

Landing Site:

Pacific Ocean (planned)

Orbit Reference:

Geocentric orbit

Orbit Regime:

Low Earth orbit

Orbit Inclination:

51.66°

Apsis:

gee

Docking:

Docking Type:	dock
Docking Port:	Harmony forward or zenith
Docking Date:	February 2025 (planned)
Undocking Date:	July 2025 (planned)
Time Docked:	180 days (planned)

Insignia:

SpaceX Crew-10 logo.png

Insignia Caption:

Mission patch

Crew Photo:

The official portrait of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 members (jsc2024e077921).jpg

Crew Photo Caption:

From left: Peskov, Ayers, McClain and Onishi

Programme:

Commercial Crew Program

Previous Mission:

SpaceX Crew-9

Next Mission:

SpaceX Crew-11

Programme2:

Crew Dragon flights

Previous Mission2:

SpaceX Crew-9

Next Mission2:

Fram2

SpaceX Crew-10 is planned to be the tenth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 17th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport four crew members – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov – to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is planned to launch in February 2025.

Mission

The tenth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in February 2025.^[2] ^[3]

This mission will be the maiden flight of, the fifth and likely final Crew Dragon spacecraft.^[4] ^[5] As such, the crew will have the honor of naming the capsule.

Notes and References

Web site: Niles-Carnes . Elyna . 2024-10-15 . NASA Updates 2025 Commercial Crew Plan . 2024-10-15 . NASA . en-US.
News: Wall . Mike . 2 August 2024 . NASA reveals astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission to the ISS . 5 August 2024 . Space.com.
Web site: 3 August 2024 . Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts . 5 August 2024 . Digital Trends . en.
Web site: Foust . Jeff . 19 November 2022 . SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft . 18 February 2023 . SpaceNews . Walker revealed at the briefing SpaceX plans to build a fifth and likely final Crew Dragon..
Web site: 26 July 2024 . NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Overview News Conference . 26 July 2024 . NASA.