NASA’s subsequent crew mission, the SpaceX Crew-9, from the Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station in Florida, has been delayed by two days. The Dragon spacecraft is meant to hold Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) for a mission that spans over 5 months.
This can be a important mission for each Nasa and SpaceX as a result of this can even be used to carry again veteran astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the ISS. The 2 astronauts reached the area station on a Boeing’s Starliner. This was lately despatched again to Earth empty as a consequence of a number of technical challenges that might put the lives of the astronauts in danger had they returned in it.
Static fireplace take a look at of Falcon 9 full. Concentrating on Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station → https://t.co/3NmG8U1Cx9
Groups will decrease and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon again to the hangar at pad 40 tonight as a consequence of Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impression on…
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024
That is additionally the primary human spaceflight mission to raise off from Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station in Florida. The delay is because of “Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavourable impression on climate circumstances on the launch web site on Thursday.”
SpaceX is presently concentrating on September 28 for the launch with a backup alternative accessible on September 29.
The SpaceX Crew-9 mission was initially supposed to hold 4 astronauts to the ISS. Nonetheless, as Williams and Wilmore had been caught on the area station, the mission needed to drop two of the astronauts to create space for them.
Because the Crew-9 mission will final for over 5 months, the place astronauts will conduct over 200 scientific experiments and expertise demonstrations, Williams and Wilmore together with Nick and Aleksandr will fly again to Earth, presumably in February 2025.
