NASA, SpaceX's Crew-9 Is a Go for Launch This Week, But It Comes With Crew Changes
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One of the major changes in the Crew-9 mission is that it would only feature two passengers aboard the Dragon, with NASA astronaut and commander, Nick Hague, to be accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist,Aleksandr Gorbunov.
Astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson are to sit this mission out as NASA will use this mission (and SpaceX's Dragon) to make way for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' return to the planet this February, at the end of Crew-9's mission.
Crew-9's Mission Timeline and Delay
NASA and SpaceX first scheduled the Crew-9 mission to take place by mid-August, but an earlier problem with the Falcon 9 where it exploded mid-air after its engine failed to reignite caused the delay. It was temporarily suspended by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and was ordered to carry out corrective actions and submit its report on what happened.
This led to SpaceX's future missions facing a delay, particularly with its August launches where it is slated to bring the Crew-9 to orbit and the Polaris Dawn program's historic flight to the farthest point in space. However, it was mainly because of Boeing's Starliner which saw an extended stay in the ISS, best known for ultimately leaving behind its two astronauts.
Polaris was first delayed and was supposedly the last mission to fly, but because of the delay, the program went ahead as Crew-9 got a much later date. Instead of the September 24 rescheduling of Crew-9, it got a later date for this Thursday, and apart from this, there is also a change on its manifest where only two will board the Dragon, with one NASA astronaut, and the other, Roscosmos' cosmonaut.
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