Weather Postpones Historic SpaceX Launch
2020-05-28
LRC
TXT
大字
小字
滚动
全页
1A historic launch to return American astronauts to space on a private spacecraft has been postponed because of weather.
2The launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon was called off Wednesday about 16 minutes before liftoff at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
3Flight controllers had reported that all equipment and technical requirements had been met to go forward with the launch.
4But several weather-related requirements affecting the flight path could not be met.
5One concern was the possibility of lightning.
6NASA has set the next launch attempt for Saturday afternoon.
7U.S. astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aiming to become the first astronauts to launch from American soil since the last space shuttle flight in 2011.
8A successful SpaceX launch will make history as the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit.
9A Falcon 9 rocket is to carry Crew Dragon.
10Space X designed and built both spacecraft.
11The mission will take Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station, where they are expected to stay at least a month.
12I'm Bryan Lynn.
1A historic launch to return American astronauts to space on a private spacecraft has been postponed because of weather. 2The launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon was called off Wednesday about 16 minutes before liftoff at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 3Flight controllers had reported that all equipment and technical requirements had been met to go forward with the launch. But several weather-related requirements affecting the flight path could not be met. One concern was the possibility of lightning. 4NASA has set the next launch attempt for Saturday afternoon. 5U.S. astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aiming to become the first astronauts to launch from American soil since the last space shuttle flight in 2011. 6A successful SpaceX launch will make history as the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit. 7A Falcon 9 rocket is to carry Crew Dragon. Space X designed and built both spacecraft. 8The mission will take Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station, where they are expected to stay at least a month. 9I'm Bryan Lynn. 10Bryan Lynn wrote this story based on reports from The Associated Press, Reuters and NASA. Caty Weaver was the editor. 11We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page. 12________________________________________________________________ 13Words in This Story 14mission - n. an important task, usually involving travel somewhere