Crew-1 mission is postponed again. Four astronauts will fly to the ISS in mid-November

SpaceX and NASA are preparing a Crew-1 mission to send four astronauts to the International Space Station: Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

The Crew-1 mission is referred to as “sharp”. It was preceded by the unmanned Test-1 test mission and the Demo-2 mission, during which astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley reached the ISS.

They spent several weeks on the ISS. They returned to Earth aboard the Crew Dragon transport module on August 2, when they landed in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX has postponed the launch of the Crew-1 mission several times. It was to take place at the end of September, then on October 23, and finally on October 31. The last known date is also no longer valid.

NASA reports on its website that the Crew-1 mission is moving November 14. A Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon module with a crew of 4 is expected to take off from Kennedy Space Center about an hour after midnight our time (from Saturday to Sunday).

Another delay is due to logistical and technical issues, according to space.com. Engineers need more time to complete device testing and inspection of all data.

If all goes according to plan, the four astronauts will arrive at the International Space Station after about 8 hours of flight. They should stay there for 6 months. They will be greeted aboard the ISS by colleagues – NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and a pair of Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov.

SpaceX and NASA will broadcast the mission live. The start of the mission will also depend on the weather conditions and it is possible that other obstacles will appear that could move the Crew-1 mission again. But maybe everything will go as it should and on November 14th we will see another mission that will go down in history.