SpaceX launch delayed due to 'minor medical issue'

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FILE - From left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer of Germany, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron stitchery for a photograph aft arriving astatine the Kennedy Space Center successful Cape Canaveral, Fla., connected Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. A aesculapian contented has sidelined 1 of 4 astronauts assigned to SpaceX’s upcoming formation to the International Space Station and delayed the launch, officials said Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Posted at 7:12 PM, Nov 01, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-01 20:27:31-04

THE SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL AT LEAST SATURDAY. — The SpaceX Crew-3 ngo has been delayed until astatine slightest Saturday owed to a unit subordinate experiencing a "minor aesculapian issue."

NASA said the contented is not related to COVID-19.

"Teams volition proceed to show unit wellness arsenic they measure imaginable motorboat opportunities astatine the extremity of the week," NASA said.

The unit is readying to question to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.

"The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are successful bully signifier and volition stay astatine Launch Complex 39A astatine Kennedy," NASA stated.

NASA says the earliest imaginable motorboat is present scheduled for Saturday astatine 11:36 p.m. EDT.