SpaceX crew -10 mission delayed due to hydraulic glit



The issue of a hydrolics forced Spacex to close the scheduled launch of its crew -10 mission for the International Space Station (ISS) on March 12, exactly 45 minutes before the lift. The mission was designed to depart on EDT (2348 GMT) at 7:48 am to ride a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts. The problem was detected a malfunction in the transporter-arctor, the structure responsible for transferring and supporting the rocket on the launchpad. Mission Commander, NASA astronaut Anne McClane, while addressing the situation, said that the crew would be ready after the problem is resolved. Falcon 9 rocket or crew was not given any defect with a dragon capsules, named Dheeraj.

Technical defects identified in transporter-aer

According to NASA, the detected, included a clamp arm on the transporter-aerctor, which plays an important role in achieving the rocket before the liftoff. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Launch Vehicle Office Manager Mike Revennecroft explained that the concern was related to how Falcon 9 is held at the time of release. SpaceX and NASA engineers assessed before deciding to postpone the mission.

New launch efforts for March 14 are scheduled

After the delay, NASA confirmed that another attempt to launch the crew -10 is planned at EDT (2303 GMT) on March 14 at 7:03 pm. The four -member team includes NASA astronaut Anne McClen and Nicole Aires, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jacksa) Takua Onishi, and Roskosmos Cosmonot Kiril Peskov. The mission aims to take the crew to the ISS for a six -month stay, with the crew -9 team’s place, which includes Astronauts Nick Heg, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, as well as with cosmonott Alexander Gorbunov. The crew -9 team is expected to return to Earth soon after Crew -10 arrives.

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