SpaceX Crew-9 launch delayed again because of Tropical Storm Helene
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September 24, 2024 2:48PM
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch to the International Space Station.
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As Florida braces for the arrival of Tropical Storm Helene, the launch of NASA’s Crew-9 mission from the Kennedy Space Center has once again been delayed. The launch of two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) was originally set for Thursday, September 26, but has now been pushed back to 1:17 p.m. ET Saturday, September 28.
“The change allows teams to complete a rehearsal of launch day activities Tuesday night with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, which rolled to Space Launch Complex-40 earlier in the day. Following rehearsal activities, the integrated system will move back to the hangar ahead of any potential storm activity,” NASA wrote in an update. “Although Tropical Storm Helene is moving through the Gulf of Mexico and expected to impact the Florida panhandle, the storm system is large enough that high winds and heavy rain are expected in the Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island regions on Florida’s east coast.”
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The Crew-9 mission has been rather unlucky so far, having been delayed multiple times. The most recent delay to the launch was to give more time to prepare at Kennedy’s Space Launch Complex 40, which is frequently used for launching SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets such as for Starlink missions, but which has not previously been used for a human spaceflight launch.
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