NASA delays manned SpaceX Crew-1 mission to International Space Station till November

upcoming launch of NASA’s X Crew-1 mission which aimed at sending four astronauts to International Station has w been postponed to mid-vember, anunced ncy officials on October 11. This decision has been taken so that X gets eugh time for completing hardware testing and data reviews. In an update, NASA wrote, “Through ncy’s Commercial Crew and Launch Services Programs partnership with X, NASA has full insight into company’s launch and testing data”. 

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associate ministrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Kathy Lueders said, “We have a strong working relationship with our X partner. With high cence of missions X performs, it really gives us incredible insight into this commercial system and helps us make informed decisions about status of our missions. teams are actively working this finding on engines, and we should be a lot smarter within coming week”.

X Crew-1 mission will launch NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shann Walker, along with Japan Aero Exploration ncy (JAXA) mission specialist Soichi guchi, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Center in Florida. 

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After launch, Crew Dragon craft, named Resilience by Crew-1 astronauts will perform various operations ‘culminating with rendezvous and docking with International Station’. As per NASA, this will mark Crew-1 astronauts’ integration with Expedition 64 astronauts Kate Rubins, and Expedition 64 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. At end, Crew Dragon is expected to automously undock with four astronauts on board, depart station and n re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. update re, “ Crew-1 mission is a major step for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Operational, long duration commercial crew rotation missions will enable NASA to continue important research and techlogy investigations taking place onboard station”.

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