NASA photo / Bill Ingalls CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After weather scrubbed Wednesday’s historic attempt, it’s once again launch day in America.
Two NASA astronauts are set to launch from Kennedy Space Center this afternoon, but instead of a NASA rocket or shuttle, they’ll be riding atop a privately owned and designed booster for the first time.
Veteran space travelers Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken hope to end the longest spaceflight gap in U.S. history with a 3:22 p.m.
liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Their test flight of a SpaceX Dragon capsule will be the first orbital launch from KSC since 2011 and the first checkout of a new American spacecraft since the debut of the space shuttle over 39 years ago. RELATED: How to watch the