SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025, launching Crew Dragon’s 10th operational human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. The Crew-10 astronauts, including Col. Anne McClain and Maj. Nichole Ayers, are heading to the ISS to conduct new scientific research that will help prepare humans for future exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. This mission also enables the safe return of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch

SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test documented by NASA. During the test, a capsule (or test article) is dropped from the sky to check how its drogue and main parachutes deploy. These tests are very important. The parachutes must open perfectly to slow the spacecraft safely before it lands in the ocean, protecting astronauts returning from space. NASA and SpaceX ran many tests like this under the Commercial Crew Program to make sure Crew Dragon could safely carry astronauts to and from the Internat