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On August 7, NASA (NASA) announced on Tuesday that the fourastronautThe SpaceX Crew-9 manned space mission to the International Space Station will be delayed.spaceshipIt may also be used asBoeinga backup vehicle for the company's troubled Starliner spacecraft.

Crew-9 is SpaceX's ninth manned mission to the International Space Station for NASA and was originally scheduled to launch on August 18. However, the mission has now been postponed to no earlier than September 24.

NASA said the delay will "provide mission managers additional time to refine plans for the return of the Starliner spacecraft and its crew." NASA plans to hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon Eastern Time to discuss the change in detail.

NASA's announcement comes as rumors swirl about the fate of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which stayed aboard the International Space Station for about seven weeks longer than expected, leaving two experienced NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stranded.

In addition, NASA has made it clear that the actual progress of the Starliner's manned test flight and SpaceX's Crew-9 mission will not proceed entirely according to the plan officially announced at the end of July.

NASA previously announced in late July that SpaceX's Crew-9 mission could launch as early as August 18 - most likely after Williams and Wilmer return to Earth on the Starliner spacecraft.