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Rain rain go away — Anyone who followed the space shuttle program will remember a lot of scrubs. Eric Berger - May 27, 2020 5:10 pm UTC Enlarge / Skies at 2pm ET Wednesday over the launch site were rather stormy.Trevor Mahlmann4:20pm ET Wednesday: SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Stormy weather thwarted a landmark moment for private rocket company SpaceX and NASA on Wednesday, forcing launch directors in Florida to postpone what would have been the first flight of U.S. astronauts into orbit from American soil in nine years. The countdown, made especially suspenseful…

It has been nearly a decade since an American space crew last lifted off from U.S. soil in a spacecraft built here. That's expected to change Wednesday afternoon with the relaunch of manned space flight. But the occasion will be very different from past launches, as this time, a private…

The sun sets behind the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations continue for the NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida May 25, 2020. Picture taken May 25, 2020. NASA/Joel Kowsky/Handout via REUTERS. (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s SpaceX said…

NASA's Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley train in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule ahead of their flight to the station. Credit: NASA. The mission will be the first orbital human spaceflight to depart from American soil since NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in July 2011 — nine long years ago.…

Bad weather might push SpaceX's historic first flight of NASA astronauts to its backup launch date on May 30.Forecasts show just a 40% chance that rain and clouds won't make conditions unsafe for the scheduled launch on Wednesday.Rockets can trigger lightning strikes, winds can throw launches off course, and powerful…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 25 with final loss of crew and loss of mission risk numbers from NASA. The Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit fired its engines in a ground test at 4:33 p.m. EDT (2033 GMT) on Friday, May 22. Credit:…

Washington (AFP) NASA said Friday that it has given the green light to next week's launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX vessel -- the first crewed space flight to leave from US soil in nine years.Top officials at the US space agency and Elon Musk's company have been meeting…

Home News Spaceflight Space.com is live and ready to take your questions today! Every Friday at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) leading up to the launch of SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, Space.com staff writer Chelsea Gohd will go live to discuss the latest mission updates and take questions from social media.  Demo-2…

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have arrived at Kennedy Space Center. Next week they will blast off in a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station. It will be first manned launch from U.S. soil since 2011, and the first time a private company sends astronauts into…