The mission would allow Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA astronauts, to return to Earth. Their brief scheduled visit to the space station last June was unexpectedly stretched to more than nine months.

"Ignition and liftoff." [cheering] "[unclear] and liftoff as Crew-10 now soaring to International Space Station." "Great callouts and incredible views there on your left-hand screen. In your left-hand screen, you can see a view from Stage 1." [cheering] "The first stage making its way back down to Earth, and the second stage continuing to fire." [cheering] "There, on the right-hand side of your screen, you can see some first images of Crew-10 inside the Dragon Endurance spacecraft, as they're now successfully in orbit."