The Crew-6 liftoff went off without a hitch.
capsule, a vehicle named Endeavour, experienced a minor issue shortly after separating from the Falcon 9's upper stage.
A sensor associated with one of the six hooks that open Endeavour's protective nose cone after it reaches space returned an anomalous reading, causing the capsule to switch over to a backup system. The backup worked as designed, and the nose cone opened on schedule. Those six nose-cone hooks are also part of a 12-hook system that Endeavour will use to dock with the ISS, which the capsule is expected to do at 1:17 a.m. EST on Friday . But analyses indicate that the potentially anomalous sensor won't be a problem going forward, said Benji Reed, senior director of SpaceX's human spaceflight program.
"At this point in time, we don't foresee any issue, and we see no elevated risk to the crew for docking or for, after six months, when it comes time to close that nose cone again," Reed said during the postlaunch news conference, referring to Crew-6's planned return toSpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour separates from its Falcon 9 upper stage after launch on March 2, 2023.
Analyses soon revealed that the TEA-TEB issue was caused by a clogged filter, Reed said. The launch team replaced the filter, and that solved the problem.
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