SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom Launch Is Imminent: What to Know
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- Sep 25, 2024
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For those who want to see it in person, there are general admission and premium tickets for watching at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA is closely watching Tropical Cyclone Helene for any potential effect it might have on the Thursday launch. Check NASA's Commercial Crew blog or revisit this post, which we'll continue updating with information if the launch date changes.
What happened to the Boeing Starliner?
After several mechanical problems, including helium leaks, were detected with the vessel after Williams and Wilmore arrived at the ISS, it was deemed too risky for them to return to Earth on the Boeing Starliner. NASA returned the Starliner without a crew, landing it safely in New Mexico on Sept. 6.
The decision to involve SpaceX in the rescue mission shows that NASA is becoming increasingly reliant on outside help from commercial space companies. It is also the second time in just a year that NASA has left personnel on the ISS longer than planned. As Space.com points out, astronaut Frank Rubio spent more than a year on the ISS when a coolant leak prevented a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from returning Rubio home.
What will the crew do until February?
NASA says the astronauts on the ISS will keep busy doing research and technology demonstrations and performing maintenance activities while they're in orbit on the space station.
After several days of what NASA is calling "handoff activity," astronauts already on the ISS, including Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin from Crew-8 wlll disembark from the space station and splash down in Florida.
After Hague and Gorbunov arrive, the ISS will have additional visitors. Over the coming months, a SpaceX resupply mission and NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 will arrive, as well as cosmonaut cargo delivery missions.
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