As soon as Crew-10 arrives on the ISS, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 group—consisting of astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—will return to Earth. The overlap interval, generally known as a “handover,” ensures a clean transition, permitting the outgoing crew to share mission insights and operational classes.
The house station’s present occupants, together with Crew-9 and station crew of Expedition 72, are engaged in scientific analysis and making ready for upcoming spacewalks. Current resupply missions in November have stocked the ISS with important objects akin to meals, water, clothes, and oxygen, alongside vacation provides to maintain spirits excessive aboard.
Expedition 72 will conclude with the return of the Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit. On common, astronauts spend about six months on the ISS, with prolonged stays of as much as a 12 months serving to NASA examine human adaptation to long-duration spaceflight—important for future house missions.
