The delayed mission was going to bring two United States astronauts,Barry Butch WilmoreandSunita Suni Williams, backhome.
NASA officialsexplainedduring the launch webcast that the problem causing the delay involved a clamp arm on the transporter-erector.
There were no issues with Crew-10s Falcon 9 rocket or its Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance.
The highly politicized news got a storm of reactions.
One mocked Elon Musks SpaceX, saying, SoSpaceXthat keeps bursting into the atmosphere is supposed to save them?
Another commented, Why would we EVER trust SpaceX to successfully do anything?!
But there were other commenters praising Musk as well.
One user said, Thank you Elon for the incomparable contributions you have made to making the World better.
Thank you Elon, SpaceX.
Godspeed to those who are trying.
One wondered, Why did people have to be so hateful why cant they just pray this is successful?
The recent explosion of a Starship rocket off the coast of Florida has also increased scrutiny.
She added, Kudos from the whole team.
The astronauts are set to go on the ISS for about six months.
Once there, theyll relieve four other astronauts on board the space station.
The Crew-9 missions Freedom capsule docked on the ISS in late September with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard.
With the Crew-10 launch, the astronauts will finally return to Earth.
Were here, we have a mission.
Wilmore added that as astronauts, they are aware that any trip carries risks.
The mission of the space station… is something that we deeply believe in, added Wilmore.
Its that belief that allows us to take those risks.
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