The relief team is still late

NASA and SpaceX Postponed to Monday For the second time In a few days, a rocket carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) took off, causing a “minor health problem” for one of the crew members. NASA said in a statement that the problem was “not a medical emergency and not related to Covit-19” without providing further details.

Already postponed due to bad weather

The company added that US astronauts Raja Sari, Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn and German astronaut Matthias Maurer will be pending at the Kennedy Space Center. They were originally scheduled to leave early Sunday morning. Corn Due to bad weather, The flight had already been postponed to Wednesday. The launch is scheduled for 11:36 pm local time on Saturday (0336 GMT Sunday) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA did not specify which of the astronauts suffered from this health problem.

Crew-3 is the third regular task force

This mission, known as Crew-3, is the third regular manned mission assigned By SpaceX On behalf of the American Space Agency. Company ofElon Musk After the launch of the space shuttle in 2011, NASA allowed the resumption of flights from US soil. The astronauts will spend about six months in orbit and perform several tests in this flying laboratory. They have to replace four Crew-2 astronauts, including the French Thomas Baskett, Which has been in the ISS since April.

The return to Earth of Crew-2 was generally scheduled for “early November” but NASA on Monday explained that it would “continue to estimate dates” and did not rule out an “indirect handover” between the two crews directly.