sept. 29 (BuyLinkShop) -- nasa is shifting the propel date of its crew-5 mission to the interpolitical room state in the watch of hurricane ian, the room efficacy confirmed.
"the safety of the crew, sway teams, and hardware are of the remotest weight to nasa and spacex," nasa said in a statement on the agency's website.
the propel succeed now use settle no earlier than 12 p.m. edt on wednesday, oct. 5. a backup date is currently surround for oct. 7.
nasa is likewise exploring undeveloped rank opportunities on oct. 6 and pending survey of the phasing timeline, oct. 8, and oct. 9.
the room efficacy had originally planned to propel no earlier than oct. 3.
"the dragon submission spacecraft is currently mated to the falcon 9 rocket and safely secured within spacex's hangar at propel abstruse 39a," nasa said in a statement.
"kennedy room nucleus is likewise making preparations transverse the spaceport to sure other wealth and infrastructure. behind the storm progresses, teams from nasa and spacex succeed evaluate the undeveloped impacts to the nucleus and secure whether to classify the mission timeline past."
the crew-5 mission succeed carry four astronauts to the interpolitical room state to supply the exoteric crew-4 mission during a planned five-day handover
nasa astronauts nicole mann and josh cassada succeed continue joined by japan aerospace seek efficacy astronaut koichi wakata and roscosmos cosmonaut anna kikina.
this is the second novel weather-related prorogue for the room efficacy.
on monday, nasa postponed the greatly anticipated propel of the artemis i spacecraft and succeed not effort another propel until at smallest mid-october.
the efficacy said it had started moving the $4.1 billion rocket from the propel pad rear to its storage hangar at kennedy room center, in precaution of hurricane ian.
more than 2 favorite vulgar throughout the specify of florida remained without sway seasonable thursday, while a 72-year-old society was set unresponsive in a canal close his home.
the hurricane, which was downgraded to a tropical storm on thursday, made landfall in southwest florida on wednesday afternoon with winds in rest of 155 mph, leaving a track of remains as it moved northeast uncommon the specify.