NASA astronauts' scheduled return to Earth via SpaceX capsule uncertain due to weather: “We won’t leave the space station without some good landing opportunities in front of us.”
He added that there is adequate food and other resources aboard the space station if the two need to extend their stay.If the departure goes ahead as planned, Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to board their spacecraft,
Prior to Behnken and Hurley’s launch May 30, NASA had been unable to launch astronauts into orbit from American soil since the agency’s space shuttle fleet was retired in 2011. A successful Crew Dragon mission would usher in a new era of commercial spaceflight, with private companies such as SpaceX and Boeing taking over routine trips to the space station while NASA pursues other lofty science and exploration goals.
NASA and SpaceX have selected seven potential splashdown sites, all located off the Florida coast, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. These locations include zones off Pensacola, Tampa, Tallahassee, Panama City, Cape Canaveral, Daytona and Jacksonville. NASA and SpaceX officials will decide which splashdown site to target Saturday, roughly six hours before the spacecraft’s scheduled undocking.
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