SpaceX drone to ISS postponed by one day due to weather – Joel Kowski / AP / SIPA
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SpaceX The crew-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is now scheduled to be launched at 5:49 a.m. Friday. Initially planned for Thursday, especially the launch of a manned aircraft on a French ship
Thomas Baskett, Delayed due to adverse weather on the runway.
“While conditions around the launch site should be favorable for departure, mission teams should also take into account the conditions of the runway and rescue zone,” says NASA. On his website. The mission will depart from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The second mission of SpaceX to ISS
The U.S. space agency “forecasts 90% probability of favorable weather conditions” for departure, and the weather should “improve” the flight path. The “main weather concern” about the plane’s departure is air.
This is the second mission to SpaceX International Space Station since the United States re-launched manned spaceflight, and the first with a European on board: Frenchman Thomas Pesket. The voyage, known as the Crew-2, includes two American astronauts, Shane Kimbero and Megan McArthur, and Japanese Akihiko Hoshaid. They were all already in space.
Many scientific experiments on the show
SpaceX, founded Elon Musk, Boeing’s Starliner capsule is imposing itself on NASA for space transport at a time when delays are accumulating in its test flights. The success of SpaceX’s first drone in May 2020 broke the Russian monopoly on aircraft for the ISS, returning to the Americans the ability to accomplish this feat after the completion of the “shuttle” space shuttle program in 2011.
The team of astronauts is responsible for conducting a number of scientific experiments, such as exploring the effects of weightlessness on brain organoids (mini-brain created in the laboratory). Another major part of the trip was to upgrade the station’s solar system by installing new compact panels that roll like a giant yoga mat.
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