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NASA has decided to swap the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for its upcoming Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), moving the launch date up to March 12 from March 25. This change will allow for an earlier return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stranded on the ISS since last summer due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner capsule.
Instead of using a newly built Crew Dragon, NASA will deploy Endeavor, a previously flown capsule with three prior missions. The swap comes after production delays of the new spacecraft and follows former President Donald Trump’s public demand last month for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to bring Wilmore and Williams home “as soon as possible.” While NASA reaffirmed its plan to return the astronauts as soon as practical, it did not attribute the Crew-10 change to Trump’s intervention.
NASA’s Steve Stich acknowledged the challenges of human spaceflight, commending SpaceX’s flexibility. SpaceX developed Crew Dragon under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which also funded Boeing’s troubled Starliner. Unlike Crew Dragon, Starliner has faced persistent technical issues, preventing Wilmore and Williams from returning home on schedule.
The Crew-10 capsule swap also affects private missions, including SpaceX’s Fram2 polar orbit mission, initially set to use Endeavor. Maltese crypto entrepreneur Chun Wang, who was set to command Fram2, expressed disappointment on social media. The change is also expected to impact Axiom’s upcoming Crew Dragon mission, which will transport astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary.
SpaceX remains NASA’s primary commercial partner for human spaceflight, while Boeing continues working to resolve Starliner’s engineering problems.
