NASA calls off SpaceX launch over lightning risk to astronauts: Florida tornado warning and tropical storm force postponement of historic manned mission to ISS until Saturday
NASA has aborted the launch of the ‘Launch America’ Falcon 9 rocket due to on-and-off rain and a tornado warning hanging over Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. ‘Launched scrubbed’ officials said during the live stream with just 16 minutes left before Elon Musk’s rocket was set to launch towards the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were strapped in the cabin of Crew Dragon Capsule ready for blast off - with the crew access arm retracted, fuel being loaded and the launch escape system armed in case of a disaster - when the team pulled the plug on the mission. The weather was the only thing not cooperating, but NASA and SpaceX will reconvene in Cape Canaveral for a second attempt on Saturday, May 30.
NASA has aborted the launch of the ‘Launch America’ Falcon 9 rocket due to on-and-off rain and a tornado warning hanging over Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. ‘Launched scrubbed’ officials said during the live stream with just 16 minutes left before Elon Musk’s rocket was set to launch towards the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were strapped in the cabin of Crew Dragon Capsule ready for blast off - with the crew access arm retracted, fuel being loaded and the launch escape system armed in case of a disaster - when the team pulled the plug on the mission. The weather was the only thing not cooperating, but NASA and SpaceX will reconvene in Cape Canaveral for a second attempt on Saturday, May 30.