{"id":707096,"date":"2021-11-03T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=707096"},"modified":"2021-11-03T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:30:00","slug":"a-dragon-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=707096","title":{"rendered":"A Dragon awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A timelapse of Launchpad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, where the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endurance sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket, ready to carry Crew-3 to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

Initially scheduled for launch on 31 October 2021, this Dragon will wait a bit longer due to weather along the flight path and a minor medical issue affecting a member of its crew. The next launch attempt is now no earlier than 03:36 GMT\/04:36 CET, Sunday, 7 November.<\/p>\n

When it does fly, it will transport ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, as a member of Crew-3 alongside NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, to his new home in space.\u00a0Matthias’s\u00a0arrival to the International Space Station will mark the start of ESA\u2019s six-month long Cosmic Kiss mission, where he will support over 35 European and many more international experiments in orbit.<\/p>\n

Cosmic Kiss is Matthias\u2019s first space mission. Follow his journey via the Cosmic Kiss\u00a0mission page<\/a>\u00a0as well as regular updates on his\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0channels.<\/p>\n


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