The launch of the tenth joint commercial mission between NASA and SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for this Wednesday from Florida, was suspended at the last minute due to a hydraulic problem in a holding arm. The mission, known as Crew-10, is scheduled to launch aboard a Dragon capsule and is composed of Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, both from NASA, the Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi from the JAXA agency, and the Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov from Roscosmos. An open launch window is maintained for Thursdays or Fridays at the Kennedy Space Center.
The main objective of this crew is to relieve four astronauts who are currently aboard the ISS. Among them are Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who originally planned a one-week stay but have remained for nearly nine months due to problems with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that carried them. Meanwhile, Williams and Wilmore, along with two other Crew-9 members, Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will return to Earth aboard a Dragon capsule. This operation will coincide with the arrival of Crew-10, thus marking a new chapter in international cooperation in space exploration.
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