Pad 39A and the Falcon 9 rocket are dwarfed by a storm cloud during Wednesday afternoon's launch attempt. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The weather forecast for Saturday’s launch attempt of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission is not any better than it was yesterday, when pesky storms grounded the flight.
Meteorologists with the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron say there is only a 40-percent chance of acceptable weather for the 3:22 p.m.
window. Wednesday, storm after storm rolled through Cape Canaveral, where NASA and SpaceX were trying to launch the first crewed mission since 2011.
The weather was looking better as the 4:33 p.m. launch time neared, but it didn’t quite clear enough for a safe liftoff. That kept the Dragon capsule and its two astronauts on