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Crew welcomed into International Space Station to replace astronauts stranded for 9 months | US News

today16/03/2025

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The crew replacing the astronauts who were stranded for nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) have entered the orbiting lab.

A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts on Sunday on a mission to allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams – who have been on the ISS since June 2024 – to return home.

Around 29 hours after the Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Dragon capsule docked with the ISS at 4.04am UK time. Inside were the Crew-10 astronauts.

Butch Wilmore (back row centre) and Suni Williams (back row right) celebrate with the rest of the astronauts replacing them on the International Space Station.
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Butch Wilmore (back row centre) and Suni Williams (back row right) celebrate with the rest of the astronauts replacing them on the International Space Station.

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The replacement crew were welcomed on board the International Space Station (ISS). Pic: NASA

They were NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots, along with Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots.

They will spend the next six months at the space station.

Their mission will allow four members of Crew-9, which includes Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams, to return to Earth.

Still of dragon capsule edging towards ISS before it docks. Pic: NASA
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The dragon capsule was manoeuvred towards ISS before it docked. Pic: NASA

Rendezvous, Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Remarks of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-10 Crew at the International Space Station Pic: NASA
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The Dragon capsule safely docked with the International Space Station. Pic: NASA

Rendezvous, Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Remarks of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-10 Crew at the International Space Station Pic: NASA
source: NASA TV
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The view from the ISS as the Dragon capsule edged closer and docked. Pic: NASA

It took several minutes for Dragon to safely dock at the ISS, in what is an automated process, but there was about 1 hour and 45 minutes of additional safety checks before the hatch could be opened.

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Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams originally planned to go to space for just eight days but got stuck on the station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft started experiencing problems.

Technical issues left them stranded, and various attempts to bring them home were unsuccessful – until Sunday morning.

The four newcomers will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams.

Then the two of them will strap into their own capsule later in the week, one that has been up there since last year, to close out the unexpected extended mission.

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