SpaceX and NASA are gearing up for the Crew-9 launch that can carry an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the Worldwide House Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the capsule and its crew might elevate off as early as Thursday, September 26, from the Kennedy House Heart in Florida. Nevertheless, following a flight readiness evaluate carried out on Monday, NASA officers have famous that the launch could possibly be delayed by a gathering storm.
“NASA, SpaceX, and the U.S. House Drive’s forty fifth Climate Squadron are intently monitoring potential Tropical Cyclone 9 and its method towards the Gulf of Mexico and Florida’s west coast forward of launch,” the space agency said.
Regardless of this, the Falcon 9 rocket is remains to be scheduled to roll out to Kennedy’s House Launch Complicated-40 on Tuesday for a static hearth and ultimate gown rehearsal in preparation for launch.
The unique plan was for NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to fly to the ISS alongside NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, however Cardman and Wilson had been recently removed from the flight as their seats are wanted to deliver residence Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on the finish of the Crew-9 mission in February. Williams and Wilmore had been presupposed to journey residence on Boeing Starliner’s spacecraft, however technical issues with the Starliner prompted NASA to bring the vehicle back to Earth empty, leaving Williams and Wilmore with no journey residence.
Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission to the house station with SpaceX beneath NASA’s Business Crew Program. Hague and Gorbunov will spend about 5 months on the station, conducting experiments, analysis demonstrations, and spacewalks to carry out upkeep on the orbital outpost.
Find out how to watch
NASA is at the moment concentrating on 2:05 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 26, for the launch of the Crew-9 mission.
You possibly can watch the build-up to the launch, the liftoff, and the early phases of the ISS-bound flight on NASA’s YouTube channel, which we’ve embedded on the high of this web page.
We’ll replace right here if NASA makes any adjustments to the launch schedule, however make sure to check its social media channels for the very newest info.
