The Crew Dragon launch with Russian Alexander Gorbunov has been delayed by more than a month due to issues with the Starliner spacecraft’s return to Earth. This was reported by NASA.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft with cosmonauts of the Roscosmos state corporation and NASA astronauts Zen Cardman, Nick Haig and Stephanie Wilson was supposed to go to the ISS on August 18, now the launch will take place no earlier than September 24.
NASA believes that delaying the Crew Dragon launch will provide an opportunity to plan for Starliner’s return to Earth.
Prior to this, the crew commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, said the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft had launched. planned For September 11, 2024.
At the beginning of July, the commander of the Russian space detachment on the ISS, Oleg Kononenko Shared information about the three manned spacecraft that have docked with the station: Soyuz MS-25, Crew Dragon Endeavor and Boeing Starliner. As he said, this is the first time that three different types of manned spacecraft have docked with the ISS.
Former Crew Dragon spacecraft reattached to another ISP node.
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Source: Gazeta
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