With lower than an hour to go earlier than liftoff, SpaceX postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, US that was carrying a crew of 4 astronauts who would have changed the stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
In response to NASA and SpaceX, they’ve scrubbed at this time’s launch try of the company’s Crew-10 mission to the Worldwide Area Station resulting from a hydraulic system situation with a floor assist clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Advanced 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle.
Standing down from tonight’s launch alternative of @NASA‘s Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 12, 2025
NASA is now aiming for the launch no sooner than 7:03 pm EDT (4:33 am IST) on Friday, March 14. “Mission managers met this night and determined to wave off a launch try on Thursday, March 13, resulting from excessive winds and precipitation forecasted within the flight path of Dragon,” it stated.
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov have safely exited the Dragon spacecraft. The rocket is protected as nicely.
The SpaceX crew Dragon was to ferry again Astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore if all had gone nicely by March 19. NASA had factored a faster turnaround time for the SpaceX Crew Dragon to minimise the usage of consumables on the Worldwide Area Station.
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