Oxidizer Leak Prompts SpaceX Space Station Cargo Launch Delay

Mark Carreau November 03, 2023

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Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has rescheduled the planned launch of an International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9 because of a nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer leak. The leak will require the replacement of a Draco thruster valve in the resupply vessel, NASA said. It was detected during...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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