First SpaceX-NASA astronaut launch from Florida Military Launchpad set to take place. Details here
The Feed September 21, 2024 03:20 AM
Synopsis

First NASA astronaut launch will be taking place from a different Launchpad this time and SpaceX and NASA are all set to work together to make it a success. Apart from a different launching destination, there is another significant reason behind this mission which involves the bringing back of two eminent astronauts who are being stranded for a long time in the ISS.

Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket along with Crew Dragon spacecraft which is going to be NASA’s ninth commercial crew spaceflight is all set to be launched from the Launch Complex 40 which is situated at the Cape Canaveral Force Station in Florida on September 26 at around 02:05 pm ET, reported FoxWeather. This will be the very first time that SpaceX is preparing for the Crew 9 launch from Launch Complex 40 situated on the military side of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida whereas all sorts of space launches by SpaceX till date happened from NASA Kennedy Space Center located at Florida’s spaceport.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksander Gorbunov will be the two eminent and lucky people who will be present inside the Dragon spacecraft with two more seats staying vacant in the aircraft for an utmost important reason. FoxWeather reported that the Crew 9 mission is leaving two seats vacant in the Dragon spacecraft, so that Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who are stranded at the International Space Station for a pretty long time can be brought back to earth with safety and security and as soon as possible.

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, both are stuck at the International Space Station as Boeing’s spacecraft Starliner encountered a series of malfunctions while it was on its way to the ISS following which NASA brought back Starliner to earth without both the astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams while they both were kept at the ISS keeping in mind their safety and security. This will be the very first time that SpaceX’s human spaceflight is carrying two people only after the year 2020 which was its first commercial astronaut mission.

According to reports from FoxWeather, SpaceX has made all kind of arrangements at the Launch Complex 40 keeping in mind all kind of safety regarding the launch of Falcon 9 rocket where SpaceX have include all kinds of changes which are required for human spaceflight launches starting from adding the crew access arm while retrofitting LC-40 which they took over back in the year 2008.

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FAQs:

Q1. When does SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is going to get launched?
A1. Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket along with Crew Dragon spacecraft which is going to be NASA’s ninth commercial crew spaceflight is all set to be launched from the Launch Complex 40 which is situated at the Cape Canaveral Force Station in Florida on September 26 at around 02:05 pm (ET).

Q2. Who are going to present inside the Dragon spacecraft which is going to the ISS?
A2. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksander Gorbunov will be the two eminent and lucky people who will be present inside the Dragon spacecraft with two more seats staying vacant in the aircraft for an utmost important reason.
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