The launch of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission, meant to pave the way for the return of pair of Starliner astronauts on the International Space Station, was postponed Wednesday, the US space agency said.
Crew-10 is meant to replace Crew-9, which Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is part of. NASA said earlier that Crew-9 can return from the International Space Station (ISS) only after Crew-10 launches to space.
Therefore, the successful launch of Crew-10 would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing’s faulty Starliner.
Why was Crew-10 mission postponed?
NASA launch commentator Derrol Nail said, “There was an issue with the hydraulic system on the ground side.” He said that “everything was fine with the rocket and the spacecraft itself.”
