SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission over lightning fears

SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission over lightning fears

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Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) May 28, 2020

After a day of suspense, SpaceX's landmark launch to the International Space Station - the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade - was scrubbed Wednesday due to fears of a lightning strike. With NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley strapped into the Crew Dragon capsule, the launch pad platform retracted and rocket fueling underway, SpaceX made the call to

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