NASA announced the postponement of the Crew Dragon launch with a Roscosmos cosmonaut

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the American company SpaceX have postponed the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on March 12 by the press service of the department.

"NASA and SpaceX decided on Wednesday, March 12, to abandon the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station," the statement said.

The press service of Roscosmos confirmed the information about the postponement of the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS. Later, NASA clarified that the reason for the cancellation of the launch was a problem with the hydraulic attachment system of the ship with the Falcon 9 rocket.

"NASA and SpaceX canceled a planned Wednesday launch attempt of the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station due to problems with the hydraulic system of the ground support arm of the Falcon 9 rocket at launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida," the department said.

NASA announced on February 11 that Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will fly to the International Space Station on March 12 on the Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the Crew-10 crew. In addition to Peskov, the crew includes NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nicole Ayers, and Takuya Onishi from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).