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NASA Postpones Crew-13 Launch to ISS After Oxidizer Leak in SpaceX Dragon
NASA has postponed the mid-September launch of its Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station after finding an oxidizer leak in the propulsion system of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
NASA has postponed the planned mid-September launch of its Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. Engineers detected an leak in the propulsion system of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft during standard prelaunch processing.
Crew-13 was scheduled to launch no earlier than September 12, according to Dana Weigel, who oversees NASA's low-Earth orbit programs. NASA said joint NASA and SpaceX teams are running additional tests and reviewing data. They will complete any necessary rework before the mission flies. A new target launch date will be announced once it is available.
The mission will carry four crew members to the space station. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will serve as commander, and fellow NASA astronaut Luke Delaney will be the pilot. Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk will serve as mission specialists.
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