- NASA and SpaceX are set to make history by launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since the Space Shuttle era.
- The mission will take NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station for a stay of up to several months.
- This is the last step for SpaceX before Crew Dragon is certified for use by NASA.
NASA’s first attempt to launch American astronauts from US soil in almost a decade fizzled out before it could even begin on Wednesday. The launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon was called off with just minutes to go due to poor weather conditions, forcing the space agency to push the launch to Saturday.
Now, as before, we’ll have to cross our fingers and hope that the launch can proceed as scheduled. The weather looks roughly the same as it did prior to the Wednesday launch attempt, suggesting that we may be in store for another last-second decision on whether or not to send SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon skyward.
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