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Crew-10 Completes 147-Day ISS Mission with First West-Coast Splashdown

The Pacific splashdown underscores SpaceX’s ability to maintain station staffing as Boeing’s Starliner undergoes technical fixes.

In this image provided by NASA, SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts, parachutes into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.
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Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayersand Anne McClain and Japan's Takuya Onishi inside the SpaceX capsule
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Overview

  • Crew-10 undocked from the ISS on August 8 at 6:15 p.m. ET and splashed down off California at 11:33 a.m. ET the next day, concluding a 147-day mission.
  • Commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov returned safely while the newly arrived Crew-11 team remains aboard the station.
  • During their five-month stay, the crew completed more than 200 microgravity experiments in fields ranging from plant biology to human physiology.
  • NASA plans to continue relying on SpaceX for upcoming rotations until Boeing Starliner completes technical recertification.
  • SpaceX’s shift to Pacific splashdowns helps safeguard populated areas by dropping Dragon trunks over uninhabited ocean regions.