NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore recently said that politics has nothing to do with why he and his crewmate, Suni Williams, are still in space.

In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a mission patch that began with ideas put forth by an AI.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is gearing up for launch with an international team of astronauts and cosmonauts set to embark on a critical mission to the ISS. As part of NASA’s ongoing partnership with SpaceX,

SpaceX is targeting a Wednesday launch for Crew-10 just after sunset. The team consists of two NASA astronauts, a JAXA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut. The crew completed a full dress rehearsal of launch day activities on Sunday.

When a mission known as Crew-10 launches as early as Wednesday, its arrival in orbit will allow for the crew of the Boeing Starliner to come home.

An upcoming SpaceX mission on Wednesday will bring home a pair of astronauts who have been on the ISS since June.

The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on Saturday night.

President Donald Trump and DOGE boss Elon Musk are on a mission to significantly cut federal spending by $1 trillion this year — laying off workers, canceling contracts, and slashing budgets across all departments.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 3:30 p.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Press Site.