SpaceX’s Crew-8 faces weeks-long weather delays, impacting return to Earth
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- Oct 19, 2024
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October 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The crew of SpaceX Mission 8 is in a familiar holding pattern as ground teams search for suitable weather conditions for the Dragon capsule’s landing following weeks of weather delays.
On Saturday, NASA announced that any attempt to splashdown off the coast of Florida would not happen before Oct. 22, due in part to rough seas and windy conditions along the Sunshine State.
The region has endured weeks of hostile weather conditions that have included everything from hurricanes to nor’easter-like conditions, which have resulted in rough seas and coastal flooding.
The crew made up of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, was originally expected to return home over the summer, but its mission was extended to assist Boeing’s failed crewed test flight.
Following the successful docking of a half-empty Crew-9 spacecraft, NASA scheduled a return date for Crew-8 in early October, but that was sidetracked by Hurricane Milton, which struck Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 cyclone.
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