Aside from a threat of bad weather, NASA and SpaceX confirmed Monday that everything is all-systems-go for their upcoming rocket launch with two American astronauts.
Scheduled for Wednesday, the launch to the International Space Station will be the first US crewed space launch in nine years.
"Now the only thing we need to do is figure out how to control the weather," said Kathy Lueders, the manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, during a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The weather forecast remains unfavourable, with a 60 percent chance of bad conditions, according to Cape Canaveral forecasters.But Mike McAleenan, a forecaster at the Cape Canaveral military base, said there is "some hope" for Wednesday: Florida weather has been changing rapidly as of late. A new forecast will be released Tuesday.
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