NASA and SpaceX flight to the ISS again postponed due to a “health problem” of a crew member

The NASA and SpaceX postponed on Monday, for the second time in a few days, the launch of the rocket that will take four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), because one of the crew members suffers from a “minor health problem.” “It is not a medical emergency and it is not related to the COVID-19″ NASA specified without further details in a statement.

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American astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn, as well as German Matthias Maurer, will remain in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center until then, the agency added.

They were scheduled to take off on Sunday, but was postponed to Wednesday.

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Now launch (22h36, in Peru), from Cape Canaveral, in Florida. NASA did not release the name of the sick astronaut.

This mission, dubbed Crew-3, is part of NASA’s multi-million dollar partnership with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company. It was signed after the end of the space shuttle program in 2011 to resume manned space flights from US soil.

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Astronauts and will carry out numerous experiments aboard this flying laboratory. They will replace the four Crew-2 astronauts, who have been on the ISS since April.

Crew-2’s return to Earth is scheduled “for early November,” but NASA said Monday that it “continues to evaluate dates” and does not rule out an “indirect handover” between the two crews.

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