Bad weather might delay SpaceX's historic launch of NASA astronauts to May 30
The mission, called Demo-2, will fly seasoned NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the company's Crew Dragon spaceship.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft integrated with a Falcon 9 rocket in a hangar at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on May 20, 2020.Lightning, rain, or heavy clouds during launch could all endanger the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Crew Dragon, Behnken, and Hurley to space. "You could trigger lightning," Tim Garner, a meteorologist in charge at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said on a NASA
in 2017. "[A rocket's] mere presence in a high electric field will be that thing that sets off the lightning strike."twice in 1969. The astronauts inside the rocket later said they felt the lightning strike, and it disabled nine non-essential instrument sensors.Beyond storms, less obvious weather dynamics can throw a rocket off course. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has
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