{"id":265480,"date":"2025-08-12T03:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7fcefdd412817130821e7d23270c52ba"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:09:28","slug":"nasas-spacex-crew-10-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=265480","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-10 Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Four people in white suits and helmets with black boots sit in chairs inside a spacecraft that is also white. They are all smiling at the camera.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg 8183w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54709009517-0c71126a06-o.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The members of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-10 mission \u2013 Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nasa-astronaut-nichole-ayers\/\">Nichole Ayers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/anne-c-mcclain\/\">Anne McClain<\/a>, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi \u2013 are all smiles after having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasas-spacex-crew-10-mission-returns-splashes-down-off-california\/\">landed in the Pacific Ocean<\/a> off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The crew spent seven months aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, Crew-10 contributed hundreds of hours to scientific research, maintenance activities, and technology demonstrations. McClain, Ayers, and Onishi completed investigations on plant and microalgae growth, examined how space radiation affects DNA sequences in plants, observed how microgravity changes human eye structure and cells in the body, and more. The research conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory advances scientific knowledge and demonstrates new technologies that enable us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n<p>McClain and Ayers also completed a spacewalk on May 1. It was the third spacewalk for McClain and the first for Ayers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nasahqphoto\/albums\/72177720328260992\/with\/54709082862\" rel=\"noopener\">See more photos from Crew-10 Splashdown.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The members of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-10 mission \u2013 Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi \u2013 are all smiles after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The crew spent seven [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15738,15688,15739],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anne-c-mcclain","category-commercial-crew","category-nichole-ayers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265497,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265480\/revisions\/265497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}