The launch of a spacecraft carrying three American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station was cancelled on Saturday amid bad weather.
SpaceX announced that the launch was delayed due to “elevated winds,” and NASA said the launch will now be scheduled for Sunday at 10:53 p.m. ET. It was the latest postponement of the launch, which was originally scheduled for 22 February.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, called Endeavour, was to carry four people on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Matthew Dominick, who is leading the Crew-8 mission, is making his first spaceflight, as is his colleague, American Jeanette Epps. For Russian Alexander Grebenkin, it will also be his first flight. Doctor Michael Barratt makes his third mission to the ISS.
The crew will do experiments, including using stem cells to create organoids to study degenerative diseases, taking advantage of the microgravity environment for three-dimensional cell growth not possible on Earth.
Space remains a rare area of cooperation between the US and Russia since 2022.
