MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – The dark clouds and rain surrounding the Falcon 9 rocket standing tall at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A Monday don’t offer the brightest outlook for the upcoming liftoff that’s two days away, the first with astronauts since 2011, however, all signs indicate NASA and SpaceX are moving forward with the planned Demo-2 mission.
Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX will be the first to launch humans to orbit and return the storied history of human spaceflight to Florida’s Coast on Wednesday, but none of that can happen unless the weather cooperates.
Live views of the launch pad were dismal Monday afternoon with wind, rain and gray clouds surrounding the space center. Two days ahead of the planned liftoff,