NASA announced it would target Thursday at 12:34 a.m. as long as SpaceX could resolve the technical issue that prevented Monday’s launch.
The crew had traveled out to the pad by 11 p.m. Sunday, but around five minutes ahead of the target liftoff, SpaceX mission control let the crew know there was a problem with what is called the TEA-TEB, which is the ignition fluid for the Falcon 9′s first and second stage propellant. The booster for this mission is making its first flight.
Commanding the Crew-6 mission is NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, the first U.S. Navy submarine officer to fly to space, who is making his fourth spaceflight, but the first trip for a long-term stay on board the station. He flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008, Atlantis in 2010 and the final flight of Discovery in 2011.
Hoburg, a member of the 12-person 2017 astronaut class known as The Turtles will become the sixth from that class to fly to space.
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