Florida - Friday February 24, 2023: The launch of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed until Monday. The launch was originally set for Sunday, but that has been pushed back to 1:45 a.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 27, a delay of about 24-hours. The Space X Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich told reporters Tuesday they were "a little bit behind" on getting the Falcon-9 launch vehicle and the Dragon capsule ready.
The SpaceX Crew-6 mission will carry two NASA Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Warren Hoburg, along with two others, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will serve as mission specialists to the space station for a science expedition mission.
This is the sixth crew rotation mission with astronauts using the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket that will lift them up to the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This Dragon spacecraft is named Endeavour.
The launch, the postlaunch news conference, and docking coverage will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA also will host audio-only news teleconferences following the agency’s flight and launch readiness reviews.
Follow all live events at: https://www.nasa.gov/live