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Historic SpaceX flight delayed due to weather

By Zach Halaschak
Published May 27, 2020 8:30pm ET
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Historic SpaceX flight delayed due to weather
This undated photo released by Virgin Galactic shows the interior of their SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the company’s rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting.

The first manned space launch from U.S. soil in almost a decade has been delayed because of inclement weather.

SpaceX and NASA will now try sending two astronauts into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, depending on weather conditions.

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