NASA, SpaceX targeting Oct. 5 to launch Crew-5 astronauts after Ian delays

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NASA, SpaceX targeting Oct. 5 to launch Crew-5 astronauts after Ian delays
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Operations at Florida's spaceport are getting back to normal after Hurricane Ian's rampage throughout the state.

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Oct. 5, to launch an American, Japanese and Russian astronaut crew to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japanese Space Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina have been at Johnson Space Center in Houston during the final weeks before they travel to Florida for liftoff with SpaceX.

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