NASA, international space station ready for critical space station flights

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NASA, Four astronauts are leaving the International Space Station after a five-month mission.

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To replace them, two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an Emirati from the United Arab Emirates.

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The original launch date was Sunday, but managers at NASA and SpaceX asked for a 24-hour delay during a flight readiness review on Tuesday so that they could finish a few technical details.

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The new launch time is Monday at 1:45 a.m. EST.

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Steve Stich, who is in charge of NASA’s commercial crew programmed, says that unfinished business will be taken care of by the end of the week.

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“When we looked at the work that still needs to be done on the vehicle, like getting Dragon and Falcon 9 ready to go,

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we saw that we were a little bit behind, so we need a little bit more time to get it done,” he told reporters after the evaluation was done.

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We’re taking our time at every step, making sure that Dragon is ready to launch, doing the necessary analysis, and getting Falcon 9 ready for liftoff.

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