Launch sending astronauts to International Space Station would be first for a private company
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is illuminated on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, on May 30, 2020. Preparations continue for NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission, set to go ahead Saturday afternoon.
Hurley and Behnken noted Friday that they endured numerous delays on their space shuttle flights, for both technical and weather reasons. Hurley said his first mission was postponed five times over the course of a month. His second mission was NASA’s final space shuttle flight in July 2011, the last time astronauts rocketed away from home soil.Story continues below advertisement
President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence planned to return for the second launch attempt. And early Saturday morning, spectators began lining the Banana and Indian rivers in surrounding towns for front-row views. Signs along the main drag along the beaches urged “Godspeed.”
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