SpaceX has postponed the launch of Crew-10 mission, which was aimed to rescue stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station.
The launch of Crew-10 mission from Florida was postponed at the eleventh hour because of some technical issues.
In fact, the space craft was carrying a team of four astronauts who were assigned to replace the stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
According to NASA and SpaceX, the mission was postponed due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA is now aiming for the next launch attempt on March 14. It was reported that the launch attempt was postpones due to high winds and precipitation forecasted in the flight path of Dragon.
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov have reportedly exited the Dragon spacecraft. The rocket is safe as well.
The SpaceX crew Dragon is scheduled to ferry back astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore by March 19.
It has been reported that NASA insisted for a quicker turnaround time for the SpaceX Crew Dragon to minimise the use of consumables at the International Space Station.
