SECOND Update From Kazakhstan: Low Voltage Reading Caused Auto-Shutdown Sequence, At T Minus 20 Seconds, This Morning: Roscosmos

UPDATED 03.22.2024 @ 10 PM EDT -- The launch is back on for 8:30 AM EDT tomorrow, Saturday the 23^rd, thus from NASA:

. . .At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the launch of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is now scheduled for 8:36 a.m. Saturday, March 23. NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus will spend two days in orbit before docking to the station’s Prichal module at 11:09 a.m. Monday, March 25. . . .

As of 9:00 AM EDT Saturday, the crew is safely in orbit, making a two day cruise toward the ISS's higher orbit. End -- updates.

As we mentioned this morning, the next potential launch window, to the ISS, will open on Saturday March 23, 2024.

Here is the latest, from NASA's ISS blog:

. . .At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the March 21 launch of the crewed Soyuz-25 spacecraft to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus was automatically scrubbed by ground support equipment due to low voltage reading in the Soyuz rocket electrical system.

The next available launch opportunity is Saturday, March 23, pending completion of State Commission review for the Roscosmos launch. More information will be provided as available. . . .

Onward -- with Oregon having pulled off the upset, and CSU staying close. . . I am grinning. Ever, grinning.

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