Early Sunday morning, a SpaceX capsule successfully transported four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This was a mission launched to replace crew members and bring back two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who had been stuck on the station for almost nine months. Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, shared a stunning video of the capsule––SpaceX Crew Dragon––docking with the ISS. Crew-10 astronauts' SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived at the ISS and docked at 4.04 AM GMT on Sunday, approximately 29 hours after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday evening, The Guardian reported. In the viral footage, the SpaceX capsule glides toward the ISS, set against the breathtaking backdrop of Earth, its surface blanketed by clouds. “SpaceX Dragon docks with Space Station,” Musk wrote on X. Watch here: SpaceX Dragon docks with Space Station pic.twitter.com/nQMLO1U9gP — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 16, 2025 With over a million views, the video captivated several social media users. “I wonder what speed are they doing the docking? That looks really fast to me. I mean you can't control the speed of the space station so the insertion has to be insanely precise,” a user wrote. “Incredibly heroic and incredible footage!” another user commented. “This is amazing precision with life at stake, Incredible!” a third user said. Williams and Wilmore are set to leave the ISS on Wednesday, accompanied by American Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, The Guardian report said. Hague and Gorbunov arrived at the ISS in September aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft, which had two vacant seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams. That spacecraft has remained docked to the station since then. The Crew-10 team, scheduled to spend about six months aboard the station, includes Americans Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and Russia’s Kirill Peskov.
