The SpaceX mission to rescue Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from space is underway

NBC BOSTON ^ | 03/15/25 | Matt Fortin

[SeekAndFind]

After being postponed, NASA's SpaceX crew10 had a successful launch Friday night.

Needham native Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have spent nine months in space after originally being scheduled for an eight-day mission.

People in Needham are crossing their fingers that everything runs smoothly. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore spent nine months in space after launching for what was scheduled as an eight-day mission.

Friday night's mission was a go as four astronauts onboard a SpaceX rocket that blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. They're expected to arrive at the International Space Station sometime Saturday. There will be a change of hands so Williams and Wilmore can finally hitch a ride home.

The pair has been at the ISS since June after riding up in the Boeing Starliner during a test flight. But a problem with the spacecraft forced them to remain there.

Four astronauts will make the trip back home. The two others have been at the ISS for about six months.

[chuck allen]

Around 11:30 est tonight I heard.

[Jane Long]

Watch Dragon and Crew-10 dock with the @Space_Station → https://t.co/VPdhVwQ7Yb https://t.co/cs8XqY7GOd— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 16, 2025

[lee martell]

I saw the headline, and for one quick minute,
I thought they were saying Sunny Hostin of The View was stranded in Space. You can imagine my disappointment to realize my error. “I don’t care how she got there, but let her be for a good while!”

[linMcHlp]

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-10-rendezvous-and-docking/?is-live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1LuAqZjwQ

[markman46]

WOW nbc is sure flogging this BS, this is a normal crew rotaion, buch and suni will come back on crew 9 next week.

[sauropod]

Yay!!

[PLMerite]

I’d be talking to a lawyer as soon as I could remember which way is up.

My overtime rate is normally pretty steep.

Off-world is really gonna cost you.

[BipolarBob]

Working on scheduling a Nilgai hunt down near there this spring.

I host night time snipe hunts during the summer for tourists. It is quite entertaining.

[doc maverick]

Yes, you can see that they’ve lost muscle mass and Butch has a lot of facial edema. It happens during zero gravity. They’re not healthy…..
I pray all goes according to plan.

[llevrok]

Enough with the nasa valley girl. Show the g d Dragon’s approach.

[freepersup]

The Dragon has the ISS in sight. Docking imminent. 10-15 minutes to coupling/ docking?

[Salamander]

Same.

Full blown “Silent Running” crazy.

[A_Former_Democrat]

PedoJoe plus the Autopen Department

[Salamander]

*and now I want to watch Silent Running for the umpteenth time

😑

[freepersup]

LOL! Pour yourself a nice beverage.

Valley Girl has 200 hours of flight time in combat.

Worthy credentials.

[freepersup]

The other chick played rugby. LOL! Hard bark.

Maybe they DO have the “right stuff?”

DRINK!

[linMcHlp]

Live view of Dragon Endurance, from ISS:

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-10-rendezvous-and-docking/?is-live

[RandallFlagg]

And now you have my attention. Pics for us working folks?

[freepersup]

I wish I knew how to capture an image from off of a live video?

Anybody?

Live video...

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crew-10

[markman46]

Oh a snipe hunt, have not done one of those sense I was a boy scout