SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-6 Dragon astronauts' return to Earth due to bad weather

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SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-6 Dragon astronauts' return to Earth due to bad weather
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The four Crew-6 astronauts will now depart the International Space Station on Sept. 3, 24 hours later than planned.

no earlier than early Sunday , a 24-hour delay that pushes the crew's splashdown to just after midnight Monday morning. The Crew-6 astronauts were originally slated to undock on Saturday and land the next day.

"NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Saturday, Sept. 2, departure opportunities for the agency's Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions near the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida," NASA officialsThe Crew-6 Dragon capsule is now scheduled to undock from the ISS on Sunday at 7:05 a.m. EDT , with splashdown to follow on Monday at 12:07 a.m. EDT .

"Mission teams will meet Friday evening to determine the viability of the next Crew-6 undock target," the wrote in the update."The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, remains healthy while currently docked to the space station as Crew-6 prepares for their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit."

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