SpaceX’s Crew-10 Falcon 9 rocket stands at dawn atop its pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 10, 2025.(Image credit: SpaceX)
The orange glow of sunrise bathes the Crew-10 Dragon capsule Endurance in morning light one day before its planned launch of 4 astronauts. (Image credit: SpaceX)
(Image credit: SpaceX)
A SpaceX rocket, complete with Dragon astronaut capsule, looks stunning in the dawn twilight as the sun rises over its Florida launch pad in this stunning series of photos from the private spaceflight company.
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These SpaceX photos show its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance capsule as they stand atop the launch pad on March 11, just one day before a planned launch of four astonauts on March 12. The rocket will launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission for the astronaut quartet. Flying on the mission will be Crew-10 commander Anne McClain and pilot Nichole Ayers, both of NASA, along with mission specialists Takuya Onishi of Japan and Kirill Peskov of Russia.