{"id":21441,"date":"2025-03-14T01:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/why-did-crew-10-scrub-when-will-it-launch-again\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T01:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:52:48","slug":"why-did-crew-10-scrub-when-will-it-launch-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/why-did-crew-10-scrub-when-will-it-launch-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Crew-10 scrub? When will it launch again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"42974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2025\/03\/13\/why-did-crew-10-scrub-when-will-it-launch-again\/_1268134\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SpaceX Crew-10 dragon falcon 9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Steven Madow \/ Space Explored<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1268134.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: Steven Madow \/ Space Explored\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night, SpaceX attempted to launch its Crew-10 mission from LC-39A; however, it ran into a snag about 40 minutes before liftoff, scrubbing the launch. NASA and SpaceX will reattempt to launch the international crew of four on Friday, March 14 at 7:03 P.M. ET.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-42973\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hydraulic-issue-causes-scrub\">Hydraulic issue causes scrub<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rocket, weather, and crew were all ready to launch last night; however, a part of the transporter erector was not. The \u201cTE,\u201d as it\u2019s called, is used to support the rocket both during transport to and from SpaceX\u2019s horizontal integration facility and then vertically at the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scrub was called due to one of the TE\u2019s clamp arms being unable to open. This is important as, without the clamps opening, the rocket would likely strike it as it lifted off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-scrub, the crew exited the Crew Dragon spacecraft and returned to crew quarters at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, where the launch was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-42973',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue was apparently known four hours before launch; however, SpaceX believed it could have fixed the issue before the count reached a critical point. This is common for SpaceX launches, accepting issues but not making the final call until it is absolutely necessary to scrub the launch. We\u2019ve seen this mostly with weather, where SpaceX will continue the count until there is a brief opening of good weather or reports show a 0% chance of acceptable conditions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2025\/03\/13\/why-did-crew-10-scrub-when-will-it-launch-again\/_1671829-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1123\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Crew-10 walkout\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Steven Madow \/ Space Explored<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243; height=&#8221;575&#8243; width=&#8221;1024&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243; alt=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-43218&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=1536,862 1536w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=350,197 350w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=140,79 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=1600,898 1600w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/1671829-2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px&#8221;><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crew-10 members walk out for launch ahead of mission\u2019s scrub. Image: Steven Madow \/ Space Explored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crew-10 might be one of the most talked-about SpaceX crewed missions since Inspiration4 or the first crewed flight, DM-2. This is due to the crew members it is relieving on the ISS, former Starliner CFT astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two\u2019s extended stay on the orbiting laboratory has been overhyped and politicized in recent weeks by President Donald Trump and top donor and aide Elon Musk. Their claims that the previous administration purposely \u201cstranded\u201d the two astronauts for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facts are that there have been no credible reports showing the decision ever made it past the NASA Administrator, and the crew was never left without a safe way home in the case of an emergency. Furthermore, Butch and Suni\u2019s extended stay saved taxpayers\u2019 money and allowed the ISS to operate as a functional research lab, versus having the crew bogged down by maintenance duties if they would have left on an earlier flight.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spacex-to-try-again-on-friday\">SpaceX to try again on Friday<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the scrub in place, NASA and SpaceX were looking to try again Thursday night. However, poor weather forced them to push the launch back to Friday. This gives SpaceX an extra day to make the fix to its TE\u2019s clamp arm and Crew-10 an extra day to rest and prepare for its launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather is expected to be better Friday evening, but no statements have shared specifics on Friday\u2019s weather report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crew-10 members walk out for launch ahead of mission\u2019s scrub. Image: Steven Madow \/ Space Explored Crew-10 might be one of the most talked-about SpaceX crewed missions since Inspiration4 or the first crewed flight, DM-2. This is due to the crew members it is relieving on the ISS, former Starliner CFT astronauts Suni Williams and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}