Launch of Crew Dragon spacecraft to ISS with Roscosmos cosmonaut onboard scheduled no earlier than Sept 26 - NASA

WASHINGTON. Sept 20 (Interfax) - The launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov onboard is scheduled no earlier than September 26, NASA said.

The Crew Dragon mission members, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, have been placed under preflight quarantine, it said.

A Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew 9 mission is due to take off from Area 40 of the U.S. Space Force facility on Cape Canaveral in Florida at 2:05 p.m. EDT. The crew will spend about five months at the ISS.