But three minor issues must be resolved first.
capsule or any other aspect of the mission. Teams are still working on three open issues, but both SpaceX and NASA expressed confidence that all of them will be cleared up relatively quickly.
, the autonomous SpaceX droneship on which the Falcon 9's first stage will land shortly after Crew-5's liftoff. The third issue is a leak with the Dragon capsule's portable fire extinguisher. "I don't see any showstoppers here," Benji Reed, senior director of human spaceflight programs at SpaceX, said in the briefing.
The fire extinguisher leak, meanwhile, will be addressed by replacing a variety of components, followed by testing to see if the fix held.
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