NASA delays the launch of SpaceX to the ISS
This is the second time that takeoff to the International Space Station has been postponed
NASA has announced a new delay in the launch of SpaceX, the company of billionaire Elon Musk. This time, the reason is a medical problem related to one of the four astronauts who were going to travel to the International Space Station (ISS).
The space agency described it as a “minor medical problem that was not an emergency, nor was it related to COVID-19.” However, they have refused to elaborate on the nature of it or explain which member is affected.
American astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn, as well as German Matthias Maurer, will remain in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center until then.
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The last time NASA delayed a launch due to the medical condition of one of its crew members was during a flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1990, when mission commander John Creighton fell ill. The countdown stopped for three days until he was allowed to fly.
The launch of the mission, dubbed Crew-3, was originally scheduled for Sunday, but was delayed due to poor weather conditions.
To this must be added that there were problems with the toilet. They occurred during the Inspiration4 mission, the first tourist flight that the spacecraft made on September 16, but they did not realize it until the device reached Earth.
The SpaceX-built vehicle consists of a Crew Dragon capsule and a Falcon 9 rocket that will dock with the space station 400 km above Earth to begin a six-month science mission.
