Yahoo News reports:
Nearly nine years after the last space shuttle flew, NASA and SpaceX are counting down to the next launch to put astronauts into orbit from Florida. The launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will mark the first-ever use of a privately owned spaceship for a crewed orbital launch, and a renaissance for U.S. spaceflight.
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are due to ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s the same launch pad where the Apollo 11 crew began their journey to the moon, and where the first and the last space shuttle mission blasted off.
Breaking: Launch today has now been postponed due to weather #SpaceX #CrewDragon
— Cindy Pom (@CindyPom) May 27, 2020
Welcome to Launch Day ?
Live #LaunchAmerica coverage starts at 12:15pm ET. Liftoff is at 4:33pm ET.
Let’s light this candle!
https://t.co/Fuz18dts5A— NASA (@NASA) May 27, 2020
GREAT to have President @realDonaldTrump in Florida today for the “relaunch of America!” https://t.co/lJK0SEbfkZ
— Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) May 27, 2020