When is the SpaceX Crew-3 launch?… – The Sun

DUE TO inclement weather conditions, Elon Musk's space transportation company had to delay their launch to the International Space Station.

The SpaceX Crew-3 launch was originally scheduled for Halloween morning.

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The original SpaceX Crew-3 launch date was October 31, 2021, but because of current weather conditions, the team had to push the date of the launch.

On November 3, 2021, at 1.10am ET, Crew-3 is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Around 11pm the same day, they should arrive in space at the International Space Station.

The delay comes following reports of a storm set to travel across the Ohio Valley to the Northeast this weekend, resulting in elevated winds and waves in the Atlantic Ocean. This directly interferes with the flight path.

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According to SpaceX, good weather is required up the Eastern Seaboard and across the North Atlantic for crew launches.

If something should go wrong, the crew might need to make an emergency splashdown.

SpaceX Crew-3 consists of NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.

The astronauts will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket.

While in space, the crew is set for a long-duration science mission. They are scheduled to return to Earth in April of 2022.

Currently, in space, SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide, and Thomas Pesquet are set to return sometime in November.

On Twitter, Pesquet wrote:

"Mixed emotions Im sure but hey you get a few more days to soak in the sun , the wind on your face , showers , and normal food . Were waiting for you up here: the skies are always clear in orbit!"

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Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services, and communications corporation.

Located in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX strives to reduce space-traveling costs to one day enable the colonization of Mars.

In 2001, Musk announced a project known as Mars Oasis, in which he hoped to grow plants on Mars.

Following a trip to Russia to buy cheap rockets for the project, Musk left empty-handed.

It was then he realized he could create his own company to build the affordable rockets he was looking for.

His main goal for the company is reportedly to decrease the cost and improve the reliability of travel into space.

SpaceX has earned several achievements throughout the years, including being the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station in 2012.

The company is currently developing Starship, a reusable launch system for spaceflight.

Starship is set to debut sometime in the early 2020s.

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