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SpaceX-NASA launch postponed to Sunday due to weather

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks during a press briefing at the Kennedy Space Center on November 13, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

WASHINGTON – NASA on Friday said the planned launch of a crewed SpaceX vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday had to be postponed by a day due to inclement weather.

“Due to onshore winds and recovery operations, @NASA and @SpaceX are targeting launch of the Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the @Space_Station at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15 (0027 GMT Monday),” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.

“Recovery operations” refers to the ships that have to be moved into place in case the mission is aborted after launch and the crew is forced to splash down in the ocean.

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