SpaceX launch off due to tornado and lighting risk to NASA astronauts
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dailystar.co.ukSpaceX's historic mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts has been postponed due to hazardous weather conditions.
The space agency made the announcement just minutes before the scheduled take-off this evening. It had been planned with Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, and US astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were meant to embark on a 19-hour journey to the ISS.
The next mission has been scheduled for May 30 at 3.22pm Eastern Time (8.22pm BST). Earlier concerns had been raised about weather conditions, with NASA’s mission control saying the rain and clouds status had been “red”.
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