The crew includes NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov (Image: X @NASA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) crew members are gearing up to launch a long-duration space bide as part of the SpaceX crew-10 abroad mission scheduled for February 2025.
The crew includes NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov. These 4 crew members will join the orbiting laboratory in February next year.
This mission is considered the 10th crew rotation with SpaceX as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The international crew will focus on conducting scientific investigations demonstrating available technology to benefit people on Earth and aid in preparing common people for space missions. Apart from that NASA’s Artemis campaign is progressing on the Moon, to prepare for the human exploration of Mars.
This year in June, NASA has selected Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop a vehicle that will prepare for the space station’s safe deorbit after its operational lifespan in 2030. It was stated in a post on Musk’s X platform. SpaceX will build the vehicle that helps to pull the space station back down to the earth but NASA will supervise and take ownership to operate its missions.
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It would mark an end to the ISS, which has provided space information for astronauts since 2000. However, some concerns about the risk factor of any human being affected or injured by space detritus were resolved by the astronauts saying that the possibility of such things is under one in 100 billion. The re-entry will be made in a derelict area on the ocean to reduce such risks.
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