NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro praised the achievement, emphasising its importance in strengthening American leadership in space and fostering growth in the national space economy.

The Crew-10 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 7:03 pm EDT (Saturday, 4:33 am IST) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have completed over 900 hours of research involving 150 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations during their extended stay on the orbiting laboratory.