WATCH THIS AGAIN: NASA SpaceX Crew-6 mission launches after cleaning, readiness check

Merritt Island, Florida. — The Crew-6 mission was successfully launched after readiness checks showed clean launch systems and favorable weather conditions for an attempt early Thursday to send four more astronauts to the International Space Station.

After cleaning up a launch attempt early Monday morning with only two minutes left before the countdown due to strange readings from the Falcon 9’s ignition fluid circuit, Crew-6 mission teams found that a clogged filter was restricting flow from the rocket to the recovery tank. Earth at Kennedy Space Center, according to a NASA blog.

SpaceX teams later replaced the clogged filter and purged the flammable liquid line, testing it for launch readiness, the report said.

According to the 45th Meteorological Squadron, mission leaders worked with a 95 percent chance of favorable weather at the time of launch — 00:34 a.m. Thursday — to deliver NASA astronauts Steven Bowen and Warren Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev to the ground. ISS on the Dragon spacecraft.

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The four had to wait several hours after Monday’s launch attempt to land the rocket as its fuel was drained. Their eventual space flight was estimated at about 24.5 hours.

If all goes according to plan, according to NASA, the hatch is scheduled to open at 3:27 a.m. Friday, with launch coverage broadcast starting at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday.

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