SpaceX, NASA, and the International Space Station cancelled the rocket launch for Crew-10 on Wednesday due to a hydraulic problem with one of their ground systems.

The next launch opportunity for NASA and SpaceX is Thursday at 7:25 pm.

Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, shared his support of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 before their launch on Tuesday. He highlighted the U.S. Military’s important role in this mission.

Hegseth posted a video on X saying, “I would like to briefly say that we pray for you. We wish you Godspeed and look forward to seeing you soon.”

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 is scheduled to launch at 7:48 pm on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA officials confirmed that the Wednesday night launch had been scrubbed because of a hydraulics problem with a clamp on the launch tower.

The next attempt to launch has not been announced by the officials, but there are alternate times available on Friday and Thursday, with the next one at 7:25 pm on the following Thursday.

The crew of the capsule will wait in the capsule until the team “egress” is ready to take them out.

Once cleared, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry a crew of four to the ISS for a six-month residency. The mission is set to usher in the much-anticipated homecoming of Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Hegseth said that “President Trump told Elon Musk to get the astronauts back and make it happen now,” which they are doing. They’re bringing NASA Astronauts [who are] retired U.S. Navy Captains. Butch Wilmore, a retired U.S. Navy Captain and Suni Williams are returning home. Suni Williams is home.”

After arriving at the ISS in June last year, American astronauts were stranded there for 9 months. The astronauts were supposed to be there for a maximum of a week.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft had transported the pair of astronauts from Earth to the ISS. However, it returned to Earth unmanned in September. This came after Starliner suffered “helium leaks” and “issues with the spacecraft reaction control thrusters” while docking with the ISS.

“Now, the Department of Defense is also proud to have multiple branches and two active-duty U.S. military officers represented in the mission that’s kicking off tonight between NASA and SpaceX. Yet, U.S. Army Colonel Anne McClain and U.S. Air Force Major Nichole Ayers,” Hegseth said. “So this is Army, Air Force, and Navy tonight.”

The Crew-10 includes McClain, Ayers, and two astronauts from Japan.

The launch was planned after Donald Trump requested SpaceX CEO Elon to save the astronauts earlier than NASA planned.

Trump repeatedly claimed that former president Joe Biden had “abandoned them” in space.

NASA has confirmed that there will be “a handover period” before Wilmore, Williams, and their SpaceX Crew-10 return home. The two could even arrive on Earth by Sunday.

Trump sent a message to Wilmore and Williams last week.

“Elon [Musk] is right now preparing a ship to go up and get them. We love you, and we’re coming up to get you, and you shouldn’t have been up there so long.”