President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump flew to Kennedy Space Center for the launch
Officials called off the historic flight from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, citing weather conditions, but the launch might take place on Saturday or Sunday should weather allow.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
Officials survey weather conditions six hours, four hours and 45 minutes prior to lift off. On Wednesday, they held out hope until about the 17-minute mark. In the hours leading up to the potential launch, forecasters had said there was a 50 percent chance of acceptable weather, Central Florida NBC affiliatereported. That's because SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule requires tame waves and wind conditions along the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada and in the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Ireland in the event of an emergency splashdown.was expected to launch at 4:33 p.m. ET to transport NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, to the International Space Station in a history-making mission.on American-made rockets from U.S. soil after the last Space Shuttle expedition in July 2011. A test flight for the Crew Dragon, the mission would have been the vehicle's second spaceflight but its first with astronauts on board. When the launch eventually happens, it will be the first time that a private company, Elon Musk's SpaceX, has sent a manned aircraft into space — marking an important step for the future of the commercial space travel industry. “We're launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil. We haven't done this really since 2011, so this is a unique moment in time,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine prior to the scheduled launch. He added that "everybody can look up and say, 'Look, the future is so much brighter than the present.' And I really hope that this is an inspiration to the world.”Elon Musk, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen PenceThe space vehicle was set to take off from Launch Pad 39A atop a specially instrumented Falcon 9 rocket. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence flew to the Kennedy Space Center to witness the momentous occasion, for which Grammy winnerThe crew was expected to dock at the space station at approximately 11:39 a.m. on Thursday, according to a
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