Crew-6 is now scheduled to lift off at 1:45 a.m. ET on Monday (Feb. 27).
capsule Endeavour on Monday at 1:45 a.m. EST . You can watch it live here at Space.com when the time comes.The extra day will allow launch teams to work through a few minor issues with Endeavour and the Falcon 9, SpaceX and NASA representatives said during a post-FRR briefing on Tuesday evening.
"We have noticed that there was blending done in some areas on the liner, and we have some testing and analysis to go make sure that those are good for flight," Stich said of the COPV work during Tuesday's briefing. The Falcon 9 first stage that launched the Starlink batch was flying for the 12th time, whereas Crew-6 will employ a brand-new rocket, Stich noted. Still, it's common practice for SpaceX and NASA to examine data from all Falcon 9 flights to inform their analyses ahead of crew-carrying missions.
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