{"id":10007,"date":"2024-09-25T01:59:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-spacex-conduct-prelaunch-activities-as-tropical-storm-delays-crew-9-mission\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T01:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:59:17","slug":"nasa-spacex-conduct-prelaunch-activities-as-tropical-storm-delays-crew-9-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-spacex-conduct-prelaunch-activities-as-tropical-storm-delays-crew-9-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, SpaceX conduct prelaunch activities as Tropical Storm delays Crew-9 mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX static fires its Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in preparation for the Crew-9 mission on Saturday, Sept. 28. The test came following a dry dress rehearsal of launch activities earlier in the day. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NASA and SpaceX pushed ahead with planned prelaunch activities Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s pad 40 on Tuesday even as the date of liftoff for the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station had to be delayed due to expected impacts from Tropical Storm Helene.<\/p>\n

In a statement late Tuesday afternoon, NASA announced that the launch, originally set for Thursday, Sept. 26, was being delayed to no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1:17 p.m. EDT (1717 UTC). The agency said the storm, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as early as Wednesday morning, will likely have impacts on Florida\u2019s Space Coast.<\/p>\n

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Staff monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company\u2019s Dragon spacecraft on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX\u2019s HangarX at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Image: NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAlthough Tropical Storm Helene is moving through the Gulf of Mexico and expected to impact the Florida panhandle, the storm system is large enough that high winds and heavy rain are expected in the Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island regions on Florida\u2019s east coast,\u201d NASA wrote in a blog post.<\/p>\n