NASA on Feb. 11 changed plans to fly its next International Space Station (ISS) crew aboard a new SpaceX Dragon capsule, avoiding additional homecoming delays for two NASA astronauts who flew to the station in June 2024 for a Boeing CST-100 Starliner flight test.

Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming The crew of the Boeing Starliner test mission is set to return to Earth ahead of schedule after managers decided to swap the Crew Dragon originally planned for the Axiom-4 flight with Crew-10.

NASA and SpaceX are pushing up Crew-10’s launch date by reusing a previously flown Dragon spacecraft, Endurance. This strategic shift speeds up both Crew-10’s arrival and Crew-9’s return while ensuring mission safety.