NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station due to Tropical Storm Helene.
The launch, which had already been delayed, was planned for Thursday. The new launch date and time are no earlier than 1:17 p.m. ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 due to tropical storm conditions in the area.
This will mark Hague’s third launch and second mission to the station, while Gorbunov will make his first trip to space.As part of Crew-9, Hague and Gorbunov will join NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been aboard the space station since June after arriving on the Starliner spacecraft.The two astronauts arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this past weekend, where have remained in quarantine at the Neil A.
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