How to view the initial SpaceX crew launch since September

      The team involved in NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission was captured during an equipment test at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

      SpaceX is nearing its first crew launch in six months. The company aims for Wednesday, March 12, to lift off Crew-10 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft will transport NASA astronauts Anne McClain, the commander, and Nichole Ayers, the pilot, as well as mission specialists including Takuya Onishi from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Kirill Peskov from Roscosmos to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will reside and work for approximately four months. This marks the 10th crew rotation mission and the 11th human spaceflight by NASA to the space station using the Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the space agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

      To view the launch

      SpaceX plans to launch Crew-10 at 7:48 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 12, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event can be watched on NASA's website or SpaceX's X account. For those interested in the pre-launch activities, NASA's coverage will begin at 3:45 p.m. ET.

      What to expect

      Viewers joining early will see the astronauts heading to the rocket and settling into their seats inside the Crew Dragon. They will also witness the Falcon 9 rocket launching the crew-filled capsule into orbit, with the event being streamed from various perspectives using ground cameras, those attached to the rocket, and inside the capsule itself. The crew is anticipated to dock with the ISS at around 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 13. NASA will also broadcast this docking procedure, along with the crew entering the space station around 11:45 a.m. ET. As with any mission, the timeline may be subject to changes, and updates will be provided in this article.

      NASA and SpaceX last sent astronauts to the ISS during the Crew-9 mission in September 2024. The flight included two crew members instead of the usual four because two seats were kept reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who traveled to the ISS on the Starliner spacecraft the previous year but had to stay significantly longer than planned due to issues with Starliner, which was required to return to Earth empty. Wilmore and Williams are expected to come back to Earth in the coming weeks.

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