NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara will launch no earlier than Sept. 15.
to send up an empty replacement spacecraft — theMS-23 vehicle, which was supposed to be O'Hara's ride to space. The situation pushed O'Hara's launch date back by six months until a new spacecraft was ready. The crew on the ISS also had to wait, as they are tasked to leave when their relief arrives.
"You have to do all of your work with whatever you have on hand, the materials that you have on hand," she said."Then you're also just working in a small operational group, so getting along with your teammates. Dealing with issues as they come up, then just kind of working through all of those challenges."
NASA does not release the details of its astronaut selection process for flights. That said, it is likely that O'Hara's previous experience in Russia played a role in her seat assignment. After being fully qualified as an astronaut, O'hara spent a considerable amount of time in Moscow as the NASA astronaut office's director of operations in Russia.
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