Pittsburgh Native Astronaut's Space Flight Scrubbed

ORLANDO, FL — NASA and SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the agency’s SpaceX
Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station due to a ground systems issue. Warren "Woody" Hoburg, a Pittsburgh-area native, is a member of the crew.

Minutes before the scheduled launch, mission teams decided to stand down to investigate an issue preventing data from confirming a full load of the ignition source for the Falcon 9 first stage Merlin engines, triethylaluminum triethylboron.

Pending resolution of the technical issue that prevented Monday's launch, another attempt will be made to take off on Thursday.

Once Hoburg and the other two members arrive at the space station, they will relieve SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts who have been there since last October. They will spend six months aboard the orbiting laboratory, performing science experiments and maintaining the station.

Hoburg, 37, is a North Allegheny High School graduate. He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.