NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Saturday, September 2, departure opportunities for the agency’s Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station (ISS) due to unfavorable weather conditions near the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida. NASA and SpaceX met Friday evening to cont
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour with four Crew-6 members aboard approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on March 3, 2023. Aboard Endeavour, were Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, both from NASA, and Mission Specialists Sultan Alneyadi from UAE and Andrey Fedyaev from Roscosmos, who joined the Expedition 68 crew shortly after docking to the orbital lab.
Teams are proceeding to the next weather briefing scheduled for Saturday morning to continue assessing the weather for the primary target. Additional undock and splashdown opportunities are available early next week if weather conditions continue to be unfavorable over the weekend. The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, remains healthy while currently docked to the International Space Station. Dragon has been cleared for departure and re-entry by the space station and Dragon mission management teams. Pre-departure checkouts of the spacecraft were conducted Friday with normal performance across all systems. Operations teams are not working on any major issues and there are currently no constraints to flight.
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