SpaceX conducted its first private flight into space last month, but a tube in the capsule came unglued and allowed urine to spill onto fans beneath the floor.
is scheduled to launch four astronauts into space, crews are working to complete last-minute repairs on leaky toilets in its Dragon capsules, the Associated Press reported. The newest capsule, named Endurance, will launch early Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
To prevent it from coming unglued like the first, SpaceX crews welded on the urine-flushing tube in the capsule slated to be launched Sunday. While NASA hasn't finished reviewing the repairs, NASA astronaut Raja Chari, the spacecraft commander, said Tuesday that he has"complete confidence" in the fixes, the AP reported. He added that hundreds of people were working to make sure the crew will be as safe as possible come launch time.
This will be SpaceX's fourth launch of NASA astronauts and its fifth passenger flight overall. NASA turned to SpaceX and Boeing to transport crews to and from the space station, following the retirement of the shuttle fleet in 2011. U.S. astronauts hitched rides on Russian rockets until SpaceX took over the job last year.
Once he launches atop SpaceX's Falcon rocket, German astronaut Matthias Maurer will become the 600th person in space, according to NASA statistics. He said at a news conference Tuesday that he offered the designation to U.S. crew mate Kayla Barron, who will be the 601st.
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