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The launch attempt of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-10 mission to the
International Space Station
has been cancelled leading to the delay of the return of stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and
Butch Wilmore
.
The reason has been cited to be "hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the
Falcon 9 rocket
at Launch Complex 39A."
When will be the next launch attempt to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore?
The next available launch opportunity is no earlier than 7:26 pm EDT on Thursday, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy pending review of the issue, according to the statement released by NASA. Launch coverage will start at 3:25 pm (local time) on NASA+. and docking is targeted at 11:30 pm (local time) on Friday.
"Teams with @NASA and @SpaceX have forgone tonight's launch attempt of the agency’s #Crew10 mission to the @Space_Station due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket. The next available launch opportunity is NET 7:26 p.m. ET March 13, from LC-39A at @NASAKennedy pending review of the issue," NASA has posted on X.
"With a March 13 Crew-10 launch, the Crew-9 mission with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, would depart the space station no earlier than 9:05 a.m. Monday, March 17, pending weather at the splashdown locations off the coast of Florida," the NASA said in a statement.
Why was the space mission cancelled?
"NASA and SpaceX have scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt of the agency’s Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida," NASA said on Thursday.
Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system and its 11th flight with crew aboard, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
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