Stormy Weather Puts Damper at SpaceX's 1st Astronaut Launch
Stormy weather threatens to delay SpaceX's first astronaut launch. The Associated Press SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, is located on Launch Pad 39-A, Monday, May 25, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Two astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to The International Space Station is scheduled for launch on May 27. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Stormy weather threatens to delay SpaceX's first astronaut launch. Recommended Videos Developed by AnyClip Astronauts are placed in the SpaceX capsule before launch day Play the video A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to take off Wednesday afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center, bringing a Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. It will be the first time that astronauts have launched from Florida in nine years and the first time for a private company. NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders said everything was progressi...