NASA's SpaceX Crew-10: Helicopter Flight Post-splashdown Off California Coast

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10: Helicopter Flight Post-splashdown Off California Coast

NASA astronaut Anne McClain is seen inside an elevator onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon that will take her up to a waiting helicopter to fly to Long Beach, California

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon to fly to Long Beach, California

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov of Russia is seen inside an elevator onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon that will take him up to a waiting helicopter to fly to Long Beach, California

The helicopter carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov of Russia takes off from the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after they landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.

From right to left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Russia are seen aboard a helicopter en route to stage for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft

At 11:33 a.m. EDT, on Saturday, August 9, 2025, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov of Russia splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California. This completes a stay in space of 148 days for the four-person crew. After egressing the spacecraft, the crew received medical checks before being flown via helicopter to meet up with a NASA aircraft in Long Beach, California, bound for Houston.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Date: Aug. 9, 2025

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