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2025-03-19 11:36 Last Updated At:11:42

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

This image made from video by NASA shows Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin, left, Butch Wilmore, center, and Suni Williams wait to greet newly arrived astronauts after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (NASA via AP)

This image made from video by NASA shows Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin, left, Butch Wilmore, center, and Suni Williams wait to greet newly arrived astronauts after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (NASA via AP)

FILE - In this photo released by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module on Sept. 9, 2024. Items are attached to the galley using tape and velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo released by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module on Sept. 9, 2024. Items are attached to the galley using tape and velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment. (NASA via AP, File)

This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

FILE - NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore talks to his family after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore talks to his family after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, foreground, and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/NASA TV, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, foreground, and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/NASA TV, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station upon their arrival on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station upon their arrival on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE _ NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore smiles after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE _ NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore smiles after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts before climbing into the astro van after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts before climbing into the astro van after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, right and Suni Williams wait for liftoff inside a Boeing Starliner capsule at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a trip to the International Space Station. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, right and Suni Williams wait for liftoff inside a Boeing Starliner capsule at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a trip to the International Space Station. (NASA via AP, File)

Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speaks to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speaks to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

From left, Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate; Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program; and Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speak to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

From left, Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate; Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program; and Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speak to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

FILE - Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Villagers perform rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state in Mehsana, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers perform rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state in Mehsana, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indians performs rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indians performs rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer while watching a NASA live stream as they gather to pray for the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer while watching a NASA live stream as they gather to pray for the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov waves after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov waves after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

A support team member works on the SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov aboard as a dolphin swims past in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

A support team member works on the SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov aboard as a dolphin swims past in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

From left, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams sit inside a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

From left, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams sit inside a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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This image made from video by NASA shows Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin, left, Butch Wilmore, center, and Suni Williams wait to greet newly arrived astronauts after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (NASA via AP)

This image made from video by NASA shows Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin, left, Butch Wilmore, center, and Suni Williams wait to greet newly arrived astronauts after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (NASA via AP)

FILE - In this photo released by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module on Sept. 9, 2024. Items are attached to the galley using tape and velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo released by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module on Sept. 9, 2024. Items are attached to the galley using tape and velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment. (NASA via AP, File)

This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

FILE - NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore talks to his family after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore talks to his family after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams waves to well wishers as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, foreground, and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/NASA TV, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, foreground, and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/NASA TV, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station upon their arrival on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station upon their arrival on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE _ NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore smiles after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE _ NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore smiles after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts before climbing into the astro van after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts before climbing into the astro van after leaving the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, right and Suni Williams wait for liftoff inside a Boeing Starliner capsule at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a trip to the International Space Station. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, right and Suni Williams wait for liftoff inside a Boeing Starliner capsule at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a trip to the International Space Station. (NASA via AP, File)

Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speaks to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speaks to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

From left, Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate; Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program; and Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speak to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

From left, Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate; Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program; and Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA's International Space Station Program, speak to reporters during a press conference at Johnson Space Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Houston, following the splashdown of astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Alexander Gorbunov. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

FILE - Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Villagers perform rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state in Mehsana, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers perform rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state in Mehsana, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indians performs rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indians performs rituals for the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer while watching a NASA live stream as they gather to pray for the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer while watching a NASA live stream as they gather to pray for the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers cheer as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Suni Williams, also known as Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov waves after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov waves after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

A support team member works on the SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov aboard as a dolphin swims past in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

A support team member works on the SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov aboard as a dolphin swims past in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

From left, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams sit inside a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

From left, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams sit inside a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records Thursday after Cisco Systems and others joined the parade of U.S. companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected.

The S&P 500 added 0.5% to its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 254 points, or 0.5%, and is close to finishing a day above the 50,000 level for the first time since the war with Iran began. The Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher and adding to its own record, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Cisco helped lead the market after jumping 14.6% in what could be its best day in nearly 15 years. The tech giant reported better profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, and CEO Chuck Robbins said it saw “very strong, broad-based demand for our products.”

Big Tech behemoths in particular are pouring cash into artificial-intelligence technology, and Cisco gave a forecast for profit in the current quarter that easily topped analysts' expectations.

Such voracious demand for AI, and the big profits it's producing, have been major reasons the U.S. stock market has set records throughout this year. Cerebras Systems, an AI processor company, raised $5.55 billion after selling its stock in an initial public offering, and its shares are set to begin trading on the Nasdaq later in the day.

Corporate earnings reported so far this season have “reinforced that this is still an AI-led market, but one where the impact is broadening quickly,” according to Gargi Pal Chaudhuri, chief investment and portfolio strategist at BlackRock.

“What started with a handful of companies is now driving earnings growth across semiconductors, infrastructure, and even parts of the industrial economy,” she said.

Outside of AI, other stocks rallying after delivering better-than-expected profit reports included StubHub Holdings, up 19.3%, and Viking Holdings, up 10%.

Both companies sell products that aren’t day-to-day essentials, such as concert tickets and river cruises. Strong results from them could be an indicator that customers are still willing to spend even though U.S. consumers have been telling surveys they're feeling discouraged about the economy.

Whether U.S. households will keep spending and support the economy is a big question for Wall Street because pressure has been rising on them due to high oil prices and inflation created by the Iran war. A report released Thursday said that shoppers overall spent less at U.S. retailers last month than economists expected. But the deceleration after factoring out gasoline and automobile sales wasn’t quite as bad as economists thought it would be.

A separate report, meanwhile, said more U.S. workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, which could be an indication of more layoffs. The number, though, remains relatively low compared with history.

Treasury yields zigzagged in the bond market following the reports, but they largely remained steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury edged down to 4.45% from 4.46% late Wednesday.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe following a mixed finish in Asia. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1%, while South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.8% to another record thanks to AI-related stocks.

Stocks were nearly flat in Hong Kong and down 1.5% in Shanghai as Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing.

Some investors hope Trump could encourage Xi to use China’s close economic ties with Iran to get it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The strait’s closure because of the war has kept oil tankers pent up in the Persian Gulf instead of delivering crude to customers worldwide, which has driven up crude prices.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell 0.1% to $105.54 Thursday, but it remains well above its price of roughly $70 from before the war.

AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Matt Ott contributed to this report.

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Patrick Casey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Patrick Casey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Asia markets index of Japan, South Korea and Australia is seen on a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia markets index of Japan, South Korea and Australia is seen on a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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