The mission, initially set for a March 14 launch, would have marked the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA had recently accelerated their return by two weeks following pressure from President Donald Trump, who urged the agency to expedite their homecoming.

SpaceX has launched Nasa's Crew-10 mission, with a Falcon 9 rocket sending four astronauts to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The long-awaited crew of US, Japanese and Russian astronauts is expected to arrive to the station on Saturday night and will relieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

SpaceX launched the new crew from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday night. The four astronauts should reach the space station the next day. That will pave the way for next week's return of Butch Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams,