SpaceX postpones area station cargo mission yet again, to July 14
SpaceX and NASA have set a new day for the currently-delayed CRS-25 resupply mission that will ship a robotic Dragon capsule to the International Area Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA now states the robotic mission will launch no previously than July 14.
Before this month, NASA and SpaceX declared they ended up standing down from the planned June 10 start of the CRS-25 mission immediately after detecting elevated readings of hydrazine, the propellant utilized by Dragon’s Draco thrusters, though fueling the spacecraft. The mission was delayed — initial to no before than June 28, then to no earlier than July 11 — so that the anomalous hydrazine vapor readings inside of the Draco process could be troubleshot.
Now, in a website article (opens in new tab) dated June 28, NASA wrote that the more hold off until at the very least July 14 “supports ongoing Dragon spacecraft inspections” and the “maintenance and alternative of any elements that could have degraded by exposure” to hydrazine vapor. Even though diagnosing this hydrazine issue, SpaceX produced the dedication to also substitute the principal parachutes on the Dragon spacecraft so that a a lot more in depth inspection of the earlier installed chutes could be executed.
Falcon 9: SpaceX’s workhorse rocket
The new start day set for CRS-25 will allow for the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft to attain the Intercontinental Place Station at the earliest possible time subsequent an upcoming period in which the sunshine will absolutely illuminate the station, leading to power era and thermal troubles, NASA officers included in the update.
As its title implies, CRS-25 will mark the 25th time that SpaceX has despatched a robotic resupply craft to the Global Place Station for NASA. It will be the third mission for this certain Dragon spacecraft, which also manufactured resupply runs to the orbiting lab in December 2020 and August 2021.
CRS-25 will start from NASA’s Kennedy Place Heart in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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SpaceX and NASA have set a new day for the currently-delayed CRS-25 resupply mission that will ship a robotic Dragon capsule to the International Area Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA now states the robotic mission will launch no previously than July 14.
Before this month, NASA and SpaceX declared they ended up standing down from the planned June 10 start of the CRS-25 mission immediately after detecting elevated readings of hydrazine, the propellant utilized by Dragon’s Draco thrusters, though fueling the spacecraft. The mission was delayed — initial to no before than June 28, then to no earlier than July 11 — so that the anomalous hydrazine vapor readings inside of the Draco process could be troubleshot.
Now, in a website article (opens in new tab) dated June 28, NASA wrote that the more hold off until at the very least July 14 “supports ongoing Dragon spacecraft inspections” and the “maintenance and alternative of any elements that could have degraded by exposure” to hydrazine vapor. Even though diagnosing this hydrazine issue, SpaceX produced the dedication to also substitute the principal parachutes on the Dragon spacecraft so that a a lot more in depth inspection of the earlier installed chutes could be executed.
Falcon 9: SpaceX’s workhorse rocket
The new start day set for CRS-25 will allow for the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft to attain the Intercontinental Place Station at the earliest possible time subsequent an upcoming period in which the sunshine will absolutely illuminate the station, leading to power era and thermal troubles, NASA officers included in the update.
As its title implies, CRS-25 will mark the 25th time that SpaceX has despatched a robotic resupply craft to the Global Place Station for NASA. It will be the third mission for this certain Dragon spacecraft, which also manufactured resupply runs to the orbiting lab in December 2020 and August 2021.
CRS-25 will start from NASA’s Kennedy Place Heart in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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