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Emirati observers watch at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai on February 27, 2023 as a screen shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company�s Crew Dragon spacecraft venting fuel prior to a scrubbed launch from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch to the International Space Station was postponed on February 27, with officials citing problems with ground systems. The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission was scheduled to depart the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:45 am (0645 GMT), carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. Sultan al-Neyadi, 41, of the United Arab Emirates is to spend six months on the orbiting station. He will be the fourth astronaut from an Arab country and the second from the oil-rich UAE to journey to space. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
NASA and SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station due to a ground systems issue.
Nasa and SpaceX will forgo a launch opportunity on Tuesday, February 28, due to "unfavourable weather forecast conditions".
The next available launch attempt is on Thursday, March 2, "pending resolution of the technical issue preventing Monday’s launch".
The estimated time for the launch attempt is 12.34am EST (9.34am UAE time).
SpaceX has removed propellant from the Falcon 9 rocket and the astronauts have exited the Dragon spacecraft for crew quarters. Both the Falcon 9 and Dragon are in a "safe configuration".
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