Key Takeaways
- The NASA and SpaceX Crew-9 mission launch has been delayed due to tropical storm concern.
- The new launch opportunity is scheduled for no earlier than 1:17 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday.
- NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.
Los Angeles: NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of a new crewed mission to no earlier than Saturday due to tropical storm concern, according to NASA.
The launch was originally planned for Thursday. It was set to take place from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA and SpaceX have adjusted the next launch opportunity to no earlier than 1:17 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday due to expected tropical storm in the launch area.
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.
The flight is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme
