SpaceX manned flight to the International Space Station postponed

The launch, scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed due to winds and recovery operations.

SpaceX’s manned flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with four astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon capsule, scheduled for November 14, is postponed by one day due to “winds and recovery operations”. announced NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

The Crew-1 mission is now scheduled to launch on Sunday, November 15 at 7:27 pm EST (or at 12:27 am GMT next Monday). The crew consists of three Americans – Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins – and the Japanese Soichi Noguchi.

This week, SpaceX gained formal approval from NASA to be able to transport astronauts to the ISS with its Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket, becoming the first company whose vehicles receive the agency’s green light for manned flights. from the days of the space shuttle.

• Since the suspension of NASA’s shuttle program in 2011, the US space agency has brought its astronauts to the International Space Station using the Russian Federal Space Agency’s Soyuz rockets in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars.
• SpaceX’s first successful mission was of vital importance to the United States, which tries not to rely on Russian technology to revive its space career.