KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Florida’s weather wasn’t kind to SpaceX Wednesday as Elon Musk’s company attempted to break the dry spell in American astronaut launches from the Space Coast.
From the start, dark heavy clouds loomed over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Air Force weather officials said there was a 50% chance SpaceX would have good launch conditions for the Falcon 9 rocket.
After a brief tornado warning in Brevard County and some impressive lightning, SpaceX called off the attempt to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken about 17 minutes before the 4:33 p.m.