SpaceX Crew-2 Launch Delayed Until April 23

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard sits on the launchpad at Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—High winds and rough seas downrange of Kennedy Space Center prompted NASA on April 21 to delay for one day the SpaceX Crew-2 launch to the International Space Station (ISS), with liftoff now targeted for 5:49 a.m. EDT on April 23. Liftoff had been scheduled for 6:11 a.m. EDT on April...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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