Updated October 14: SpaceX and NASA plan to launch Crew Dragon Freedom from the International Space Station. today, October 14, 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT) returning four Crew-4 astronauts to Earth. The mission’s launch was delayed by two days due to bad weather at the Dragon’s splash pad off the coast of Florida. NASA’s live webcast will begin before the shutdown 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT).
SpaceX’s Crew-4 mission will leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday (October 14) after two weather delays, and you can watch the action live.
Crew-4 Dragon capsule, Called FreedomNASA officials said it will attempt a third launch at some point on Friday to tweet (opens in new tab). This comes after two weather-related delays on Wednesday (October 13) and Thursday (October 14), NASA officials said. The launch date has also been pushed back from what was supposed to be today (Thursday).
“@NASA and @SpaceX wave of mission controllers #Crew4 Dragon Freedom is being evacuated today due to weather concerns at the Florida jump site. Friday discharge times are currently being assessed,” officials said he wrote (opens in new tab).
When the launch happens, you can watch it live here, courtesy of NASA, on Space.com or directly through the space agency (opens in new tab).
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After splashing off the coast of Florida, NASA and SpaceX We plan to hold a post-leap press conference at a time to be announced.
That briefing will include Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Joel Montalbano, NASA International Space Station program manager; and a SpaceX representative, according to previous NASA information.
But none of these times are set in stone; they depend on good weather expected in Freedom’s potential splash zones in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
Crew-4 launched against SpaceX Sahin 9 It launched on April 27 and reached the ISS on the same day. The mission consists of Cristoforetti and NASA astronauts Robert Hines, Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins.
As the name suggests, Crew-4 is SpaceX’s fourth contract astronaut mission to fly to an orbiting laboratory for NASA. This is one of two SpaceX flights currently on the ISS; The crew arrived on October 5. 6 for a five-month stay.
This story was updated Wednesday, October 3:40 p.m. EDT. With news of an opening delay from 12 and updated release possibilities. This story was last updated Thursday, October 9 at 9:17 a.m. EDT. on the 13th with reports of teardowns and jump delays due to weather.
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