NASA and space transportation company SpaceX carried out together crew-3 His mission had to be postponed again. SpaceX in September Inspiration4 There was a toilet malfunction. The civilian crew of four made a three-day space trip. But when they returned to Earth, it turned out that the toilet was leaking urine. The reason was that the tubes in the toilet were not sticking.
However, SpaceX is not getting out of trouble. For your crew-3 The toilet design in the capsule is the same. However, recently, the company announced that they have taken measures to avoid a similar problem. This time, the mission was postponed for another reason…
SpaceX is on the agenda with the toilet problem before Crew-3!
SpaceX came up with the toilet problem last month. Finally, in a new statement, the company states that the malfunction has been fixed.
NASA announces that one of the crew-3 crew is sick
SpaceX with the US space agency, Crew-3 on Sunday 31 October He was planning to launch. However, due to the storm forecast to the International Space Station trip to be made 3 Wednesday, November was postponed to the next day. ‘ which will carry a crew of four astronauts’endurancenamed ‘ Crew Dragon spacecraftin Florida from Kennedy Space Center a Falcon 9 rocket will be launched with
Yesterday NASAby making a written statement crew-3 announced that his mission was postponed. The space agency said one crew member had “a minor medical issue”. “The issue is not a medical emergency and is not related to COVID-19.” The agency, which made a statement, did not provide further details.
The space agency also stated that Crew-3 members will remain in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center until launch. Meanwhile, the four-man crew, US astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn with German astronaut Matthias MaurerIt consists of. However, the agency did not specify which astronaut had health problems.
According to the latest announcement, the launch of Crew-3 in cooperation with NASA and SpaceX, on Saturday, November 6 it will be. This mission was launched by NASA in 2011. Space Shuttle program It’s part of the multi-billion dollar deal he signed with SpaceX after he terminated it.
The team is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut who has been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since April. Thomas Pesquet including four Crew-2 astronaut will take its place. Crew-3’s crew will stay at the orbiting spaceport for six months. In this process, the team will both conduct scientific research and go on a spacewalk.