We are Go for Launch—Aborted Until Saturday Afternoon

Written by Jack Hassard

On May 27, 2020

We are less than an hour from the launch of SpaceX, the rocket that will take two astronauts to the Space Station. Their only concern is the weather, but one of the astronauts just said this:

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Figure 1. Astronauts telling us that the sky just cleared up right above their heads

Then in the next moment, NASA announced that the mission was aborted. They will try another launch on Saturday afternoon, May 30.

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The Weather Aborted the Mission, but it be a go on Saturday

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