SpaceX will finally attempt to launch two NASA astronauts into space on Saturday despite uncertain weather, the company and the head of the space agency said. " We are preparing for launch today," tweeted Jim Bridenstine, adding that the risk of cancellation due to inclement weather remained 50%. Takeoff is scheduled for 3:22 p.m. (7:22 p.m. GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule at its summit, is theoretically scheduled for Saturday at 3:22 p.m. (9:22 p.m. in Paris) from the Kennedy Center, from where the astronauts who walked on the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s. The two astronauts are Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
Passionate tourists, on the lookout on the beaches
Earlier on Friday, NASA said the probability of a launch is 50%. The weather forecast for the moment of the storm. The next launch window would be Sunday at 3 p.m. (9 p.m. in Paris).
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Tourists and space enthusiasts were installed Wednesday on the beaches of the coast of Florida, including the famous Cocoa Beach, to attend the first attempt to launch.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump came to witness in person what NASA calls the dawn of a new space era, where the United States entrusts to the private sector the transport of its astronauts, and at the same time regain access to the space they had lost in 2011 with the end of the space shuttles. The President has indicated that he will return on Saturday.
