The next astronauts launch for NASA has been delayed by Hurricane Ian.
The Crew-5 mission will lift off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than October 5.
Ian, which was a Category 4 Hurricane, caused the delay. The storm is expected to move northeast on a path that will take it through the area.
NASA officials wrote in Wednesday's update that "mission teams continue to monitor the impacts of Ian on the Space Coast and NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida."
At 6 pm. The Kennedy Space Center declared HURCON I status with the rideout team in place until the storm passes.
There are amazing launch photos of the Crew 4 mission.
On Tuesday, NASA and SpaceX announced that the storm had forced them to change the launch date from October 3 to October 4.
The crew will send a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, as well as Japan's Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, will live in the space station for five months.
Mann will be the first Native American woman to reach space, as well as the first Russian to fly with a private company.
NASA has said that the Falcon 9 and Dragon won't be damaged by Ian.
The launch of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has been changed due to the storm. Artemis 1 team members took shelter from Ian in the Vehicle Assembly Building after rolling the huge rocket back to the Pad 39B. Artemis 1 isn't likely to launch before the end of the year.
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