NASA postpones launch of Dragon capsule to the space station

NASA postponed again the launch of a space capsule designed to supply the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled for this month.

The flight, postponed at least until January 6, was originally scheduled for December 16, but it was then postponed until December 19, in order to have “extra time” to ensure the success of the operation.

According to a statement from the US Space Agency (NASA), the launch was delayed again to give the engineers of the SpaceX company “more time” to work with the rocket Falcon 9 and the Dragon capsule.

Additionally, engineers will investigate some of the incidences that arose on December 16 during a test with rocket Falcon 9.

At the same time, the company wants to prevent the unmanned Dragon space capsule tonperform operations between December 28 and January 7, when the ISS will be under the constant sunlight for a period of 10 days.