SpaceX delays rocket launch until Saturday due to storms
The historic SpaceX launch that was scheduled for Wednesday has been delayed due to severe weather across the area.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Dragon Crew capsule, carrying two U.S. astronauts, was set to take off from the Kennedy Space Center at 4:33 p.m. ET in Florida, but the weather forced a delay in the launch.Space Wing, which oversees space launch operations across the east coast, forecasted a 50 percent chance that clouds and stormy weather would violate the established launch safety guidelines. The Space Wing stated that precipitation and cloud coverage were primary concerns for the ship's launch.
According to AccuWeather Astronomy, there was a tornado warning issued just north of the Kennedy Space Center that expired at 2:15 p.m. ET but did not include the SpaceX launch area. Due to the weather delay, the SpaceX launch will be rescheduled to Saturday, with the chances of good weather increasing. The Air Force's 45Space Wing is forecasting a 40 percent chance that the weather violates launch safety guidelines on Saturday, May 30."A shelf cloud moved over the #SpaceX launch pad as #NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken were climbing into the Crew Dragon. #LaunchAmerica," AccuWeather Astronomy wrote on their Twitter account.
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