Cape Canaveral, FLA. (AP) – A problem with the launch platform led SpaceX to postpone a flight to the international space station on Wednesday to replace the two permanent Astronauts of NASA.
The new crew must go to the international space station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can go home in a job after nine months.
The concern about a critical hydraulic system arose less than four hours before the planned evening launch of the Falcon Rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. While the Countdown clocks ticked, engineers evaluated the hydraulics used to let go of one of the two arms that will clamp the rocket on his support structure. This structure must throw back just before the launch.
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The four astronauts were already waiting in their capsule and waited for a final decision, which fell in the countdown for less than an hour. SpaceX canceled for the day. The company did not immediately announce a new launch date, but noted that the next attempt could already be Thursday evening.
Once at the space station, the US, Japanese and Russian crew Wilmore and Williams will replace it since June. The two test pilots had to go to the space station for a long -term stay after Boeing's new Starliner capsule experienced great malfunctions during transport.
The Starliner debut team would only last a week, but NASA ordered the capsule to turn empty and transfer Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX for the return bone.
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An astronaut launch for NASA on Wednesday evening.
