TITUSVILLE, Fla. – For the spectators gathered along the Space Coast on Wednesday for an astronaut launch, the rumbling thunder, darkening clouds and then a drenching downpour were more worrisome than any pandemic.
But neither kept crowds from jamming favorite viewing spots in parks and area beaches. At a park in Titusville with a clear view of the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 15 miles away, hundreds of spectators huddled under tents and umbrellas during on-and-off drizzle before the launch was called off because of the weather.
It would have been the first launch with astronauts from Florida in almost a decade, and the first by a private company, SpaceX.