SpaceX and NASA cancel the launch of a joint mission to the International Space Station

() — Just a couple of minutes before the planned launch of a new crew to the International Space Station, the launch team decided to call it off.

With approximately two minutes remaining on the countdown clock, the launch was canceled due to a detected issue related to TEA-TEB ignition fluid, which is used to ignite the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket engines on liftoff.

This mission is expected to launch two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut.

Launch Update: Today’s #Crew6 launch has been scrubbed due to an issue with ground systems. Stand by for details on a new launch date and time. https://t.co/149FPqMrnu pic.twitter.com/1PSYsjCGpL

—NASA (@NASA) February 27, 2023

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NASA and SpaceX announced that they will attempt to launch the Crew-6 joint mission to the International Space Station on Thursday morning, March 2.

A launch attempt early Monday morning was canceled due to a problem with the fluid used to ignite the rocket engines.

“The mission teams decided to withdraw to investigate an issue that prevented the data from confirming a full charge of the ignition source for the Falcon 9 Merlin first-stage engines, triethylaluminum triethylboron (or TEA-TEB),” NASA said. on his blog.

NASA and SpaceX will not attempt a launch during a potential window this Tuesday morning due to an unfavorable weather forecast.

If the issue with the ignition system is resolved, the next available launch attempt is 00:34 on Thursday, March 2.