A Falcon 9 rocket introduced 4 astronauts securely into orbit on Friday night, marking the authorities start of the Crew-10 objective to the International Space Station.

Any team launch into orbit is noteworthy, this objective comes with an included bit of value as its success clears the method for 2 NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to lastly return home from area after a legend covering 9 months.

Friday’s launch came 2 days after a preliminary effort was scrubbed on Wednesday night. This was because of a hydraulic concern with the ground systems that manage the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A in Florida.

There were no technical problems on Friday, and with clear skies NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov soared efficiently into orbit.

If all works out, the Crew Dragon spacecraft bring the 4 astronauts will dock with the spaceport station at 11:30 pm ET on Saturday. They will invest about 6 months there.

A long, weird journey

Following their arrival at the spaceport station, the members of Crew-10 will take part in a handover event with the 4 astronauts of Crew-9, that includes Wilmore and Williams. This will clear the members of Crew 9 for departure from the station as early as next Wednesday, March 19, pending excellent weather condition in the waters surrounding Florida for splashdown of Dragon.