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Crew-10 Returns With First West Coast Splashdown for NASA-Sponsored Mission

Recovery teams are processing critical research samples for analysis to inform future Pacific splashdown operations

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

  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down off southern California at 11:33 a.m. EDT on August 9, concluding the 147-day mission.
  • Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi and Kirill Peskov were recovered by SpaceX teams and are undergoing post-flight medical evaluations.
  • During their time aboard the ISS, the four-member crew completed over 200 microgravity experiments in biology, materials science and human physiology.
  • Crew-10’s March launch relieved two NASA astronauts stranded for nine months after Boeing Starliner propulsion failures and maintained station staffing under the Commercial Crew Program.
  • NASA and SpaceX are reviewing Pacific splashdown procedures and debris-management practices ahead of upcoming Crew-12 and future rotations.