The Crew-10 mission not only delivers a new team to the ISS but also plays a crucial role in bringing back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded in space for nearly ten months due to Boeing's Starliner setbacks.

Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Gibson is in Florida this week to report on Anne McClain’s and NASA’s SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/return-to-space.

For astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, Friday's launch means they are closing in on their flight back to Earth after an unexpected nine months in orbit.