Tag: 45th Weather Squadron
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SpaceX crew launch comes with new weather constraints for downrange aborts
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Demo-2 mission’s May 27 launch attempt was scrubbed due to poor weather. SpaceX plans another launch attempt at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT) Saturday, May 30. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Mission managers will be…
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Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launch
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before a previous mission. Credit: SpaceX Meteorologists predict mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of light rain for Tuesday morning’s scheduled takeoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a space station-bound supply ship, with a 40 percent chance weather could…