LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — The launch of NASA\’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission was canceled early Monday due to an issue with ground systems.
The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft was originally scheduled at 1:45 a.m. Eastern Time (0645 GMT) Monday from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
\”Standing down from tonight\’s launch of Crew-6 due to a TEA-TEB ground system issue,\” SpaceX tweeted. \”Both Crew-6 and the vehicles are healthy and propellant offload has begun ahead of the crew disembarking Dragon.\”
NASA said it will announce a new launch date and time.
The mission is the sixth crew rotation flight of a Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA\’s Commercial Crew Program.