SpaceX 'go' to launch Crew-6 astronauts for NASA on March 2 after rocket review
The next launch opportunity is Thursday, March 2 at 12:34 a.m. EST (0554 GMT).
The deployment of SpaceX's subsequent events manned mission has been postponed.
You can observe the Crew-6 mission launch on Space.com thanks to NASA Television on Thursday, March 2, at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
A ground fault caused the abandonment of a launch attempt to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, February 27.
Since completion of a launch planning and preparation review, weather briefing, and mission management meeting, NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission is "Go" for launch to the International Space Station, agency officials say in a blog post(opens in new tab) on Wednesday (March 1).
The mission will decide to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in southern Florida for a one-day trek to the orbiting outpost. "Weather officials at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's 45th Weather Squadron continue to expect a 95% probability of satisfactory weather conditions," the agency noted.
The Dragon capsule Endeavour will transport NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, and Andrey Fedyaev from Russia to the International Space Station (ISS) on Crew-6, the sixth operational mission SpaceX will fly for NASA. Al-Neyadi will serve as the first UAE national to complete a lengthy mission aboard the space station.
Trimethylaluminum triethyl boron, or TEA-TEB, the ignition fluid that ignites the oxidizer in the engines, had a problem on the ground that caused the mission to be postponed on Monday.
order to remove gas from the ground infrastructure during the realization of the project, the TEA-TEB fluid, which comes from a ground supply tank, travels to the rocket's interface and then back to a catch tank, according to a statement from NASA.
"The fluid then flows to the starting upon engine start."
