On Wednesday, May 27th, at 1:33 pm Pacific time, (9:33 pm GMT)
SpaceX, a private corporation, will launch its 1st manned space flight to rendezvous with the international space station.
This flight will carry only 2 men. However, future flights will carry up to 7 men and women.
This flight will also put into orbit another 60 satellites. Previous unmanned flights have already placed 422 satellites into orbit.
The launch will take place from cape Kennedy , Florida, home of NASA.
Weather permitting, the above time presumes that there will not be any delays for last minute check-outs.
If you are interested in personally going into obit, and provided you happen to have 59 million USD in spare change, SpaceX will book a seat for you
Interesting to note that Richard Branson had a failed attempt earlier this month. This is the same bloke who approached our government cap-in-hand to bail out his ailing airline…
Weather front moved in and the launch was aborted with only 16 minutes before launch.
Next available window is Saturday , May 30th at 3:33 pm (ET)
So disappointed. Kind of like getting ready for the first big date, with butterflies in my stomach, and just as I am about to go to pick her up , she calls and says, “Sorry but I have to cancel”.
Yes, I was listening on the radio and then it was cancelled. Disappointing, but
understandable. Glad to see American astronauts using American rockets again.
