A pad throw failure has been forced Spacex To postpone a flight to the International Space Station (ISS), which was supposed to collect two NASA astronauts, which have been stuck in the orbit for nine months.
The Falcon 9 rocket had four crew members on board when it had to abort the elevation of the Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, FLA., Wednesday.
According to NASAEarth staff raised their concern about the high winds, rain and functionality of a critical hydraulic system less than four hours before the scheduled elevation.
NASA’s astronauts commander, Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, along with missions specialists, JAXa (Japan Aerospace Explored Agency) Astronauta Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov Exits the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout in NASA Kennedy before Launch on March 12, 2025 in a changeral cape, Florida, Florida.
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The engineers evaluated the hydraulics used to release one of the two arms that set the rocket to its support structure. This structure must be tilted just before the uprising.
The on -board crew, which was already in your flight capsule when the problem was identified, must reach the ISS before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams You can return home after almost a year in space.
NASA’s Boeing crew, Flight Test Commander, Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams, go from the operations and building of the box on May 6, 2024 to Cape Canaveral, FLA. Astronauts go to the Boeing Starliner Space Nave, which is in the United Lounge Alliance V flight test at the Complex Space Locer Complex 41 41 for the Boeing Crew flight test of NASA.
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The final decision to cancel the flight came with an hour left behind. Officials later confirmed that the launch would be delayed at least Friday.
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Wilmore and Williams were sent on a mission for a week at the International Space Station last June but could not return to Earth when their Boeing Starliner capsule suffered a series of malfunctions. In August NASA considered the spacecraft Is not safe for travelingLeaving the couple to be comfortable with the ISS as Spacex prepared a rescue mission.
However, Spacex delayed the launch of his crew spaceship, as he needed additional preparations.
Consequently, NASA chose to send an older capsule, which was supposed to be launched on Wednesday with NASA astronauts, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, the NASA Aerospace Expiration Agency, Astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov on board.
NASA’s Spacex-10 crew is now expected to begin its trip to ISS at 19:03 on Friday.
Williams and Wilmore, along with Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will leave the space station not before Wednesday, March 19 in the same boat.
– With Reuters and Associated Press files
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