CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The crowd launched early, even though the SpaceX Crew Dragon didn’t rise from Pad 39A as scheduled.
Space Coast locals and visitors from hundreds of miles away stayed through the drizzle and the downpours — even a tornado warning — before the eventual scrub of the first crewed launch from U.S.
soil since 2011, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. People hungry to watch history in the making — and perhaps eager to get out of COVID-19-forced isolation — made their way to Cocoa Beach, Space View Park in Titusville and roadways, side streets and front yards across the Space Coast.
Crowds, along with heavy rain, poured into coveted viewing spots across Brevard before the eventual scrub of the mission scant minutes before