The Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner has an extraterrestrial mask while welcoming new arrivals
Even astronauts have a sense of humor, as shown in the mooring of the NASA crew-10 on the International Space Station (ISS), when they were encountered by an “extraterrestrial” early Sunday morning.
The Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner wore an extraterrestrial mask while welcoming four new arrivals after their dragon capsule of the SpaceX crew moored at the station at 12:04 p.m., around 29 hours after the launch at 7:03 p.m. Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday from Friday NASA Kennedy space center in Florida.
While the crew members of the ISS were preparing the capsule for break-blowing, Vagner could be seen floating while wearing a mask, a hooded sweatshirt, pants and socks during the “light moment,” a spokesperson for NASA in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“The astronauts of the NASA Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Jaxa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov entered the international space station shortly after opening the hatches between the space station and the spatial Dragon SpaceX at 1:35 am.
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The Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner carries an extraterrestrial mask in the port when the crew-10 was arrived at the ISS on March 16, 2025. (NASA / SpaceX)
After opening the Suni Williams hatch, the ship’s bell rang while the new arrivals floated, hugged their hand and squeezed the crew of the 72 expedition after the practical joke of Vagner.
“It was a wonderful day. Delighted to see our friends arriving,” Williams told Mission Control.
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The Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner has an extraterrestrial mask and is in the port when the crew-10 was arrived at the ISS on March 16, 2025. (NASA / SpaceX)
Williams and Butch Wilmore should show the new arrivals the ins and outs of the space station before finally returning home after nine months. Their mission was to last only one week after the launch of Boeing’s first astronaut flight, but they were stuck in space after the problems forced NASA to bring back the empty Boeing Starliner.
Look more closely at the light blue extraterrestrial mask carried by the Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner while the crew-10 arrived at the ISS. (NASA / SpaceX)
This image made from NASA video shows astronauts greeting after a space capsule anchored with the international space station, Sunday March 16, 2025. Left upper row: Nick Hague, Alexander Gorbunov, Suni Williams, Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Row on the bottom left: Butch Wilmore, Takuya Onishi, Anne McClain, Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit. (NASA)
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Commander of the crew-9 Nick Hague and the Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov should leave the station on Wednesday at 4 am before escaping off the coast of Florida.
Landon Mion de Fox News, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
