(From the left) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn during a Crew-3 news conference on April 15, 2022.
(Image credit: NASA TV)
Problem is NASA enormous white elephant SLS
The SLS is years overdo and billions over budget - was supposed to fly in 2017
Last 2 weeks was on launch pad for a fueling and simulated countdown
Ran into numerous problems and kept being delayed which impacted launch of AXIOM 1 private space mission and the Crew Dragon 4 mission to the ISS
Finally had to give up on the test and rol it back to Vehicle Assemble Building
Freed from Russian captivity behind the vacuum curtain?