NASA and SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-10 astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday night in a mission that will also aim to return Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots; and Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots. They will spend the next six months at the space station, considered the normal stint, after springing Wilmore and Williams free.

Stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth after being in space since June 2024 for a mission originally slated for 8 days.