NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, background left, and Doug Hurley sit in the Crew Dragon capsule as the launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida is aborted due to weather problems. Previous NextThe launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than 17 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the risk of lightning. It would have also marked the first time in nearly a decade that the U.S. launched astronauts into orbit from American soil. The flight — the long-held dream of SpaceX founder Elon Musk — would have marked the first time a private company sent humans into orbit. The launch preparations took place in the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed an estimated 100,000 Americans.-AP

Source: The Standard May 28, 2020 01:41 UTC