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With a March 13 Crew-10 launch, the Crew-9 mission with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, would depart the space station no earlier than 9:05 a.m. Monday, March 17, pending weather at the splashdown locations off the coast of Florida,
NASA said in a statement
And they're bringing NASA astronauts, [who] also happen to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, home,
he added, according to the Fox News reportCrew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission of SpaceX's human space transportation system and its 11th flight with crew aboard, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station through NASA's Commercial Crew Program,
it added#Crew10 status: NASA and SpaceX are standing down on the March 12 launch attempt."
Providing an update on the mission's status, NASA said on X
President Trump said to Elon Musk, ‘get the astronauts home and do it now' – and they're responding,
Hegseth continued
I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you, ... We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon."
Hegseth said in a video posted to XNow, the Department of Defense is also proud to have multiple branches and two active-duty U.S. military officers represented in the mission that's kicking off tonight between NASA and SpaceX. Yet, U.S. Army Colonel Anne McClain and U.S. Air Force Major Nichole Ayers,
Hegseth said
We're gonna get 'em back."
Musk definitively told FOX Business’ Larry Kudlow earlier in the weekThis is Army, Air Force and Navy tonight
The Defense secretary highlighted the US military's prominent role in the mission, saying
It's been a roller coaster for them, probably a little bit more so than for us,
Williams said of her family
So, if not stuck, exactly how do you describe this scenario you find yourselves in?”
In an interview last month, Michael Barbaro, the host of “The Daily,” asked the astronauts
What was offered, what was not offered, who it was offered to, how that process went — that’s information that we simply don’t have,
Wilmore said in a recent briefing to reporters
Of course, you know, we came up here thinking we'd be only here for a little while and do our test flight, but then the added time here has allowed us to do all the science experiments,
Williams told AccuWeatherI'm looking forward to seeing my classmate, Expedition 59 crewmate, spacewalking partner, and friend [Anne McClain] float through the hatch. Go Crew-10!”
wrote HagueThe crew will spend several months aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting spacewalks, research demonstrations and experiments for the benefit of humanity and deep space exploration,
NASA explainedIt just didn’t make sense to go ahead and accelerate a (SpaceX) flight to return Butch and Suni earlier,
Stich said
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I’m sure they would have responded and said, ‘Well, that would cost us several $100 million extra that we don’t have for a new Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 (rocket).’
If Musk had made the offer to someone outside NASA leadership, the source noted
That’s been the narrative from day one: stranded, abandoned, stuck — and I get it, we both get it,
Wilmore told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last month when asked to respond to Musk’s and Trump’s comments on the missionThere’s no way that they’re going to make anyone who’s supporting Trump look good,
Musk said on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast
We love you and we’re coming up to get you,
Trump said