Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rolls to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 24, 2024 with the GOES-U weather satellite aboard.will launch on Tuesday , during a two-hour window that opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT . That's dependent on Mother Nature cooperating, however, which is far from guaranteed; the latest forecasts predict just a 30% of weather good enough to allow a launch.
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