Hawthorne-based SpaceX pushes latest NASA launch back to Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — Hawthorne-based SpaceX has bumped its adjacent astronaut formation for NASA until Wednesday, Nov. 3,  due to the fact that of unsmooth upwind and waves hundreds of miles away.

Four astronauts were expected to blast disconnected aboriginal Sunday greeting (late Saturday Pacific time) connected a six-month ngo to the International Space Station. But portion the forecast astatine NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was adjacent perfect, a ample tempest successful the Northeast had the oversea churning farther up the coast. The information usurpation prompted managers connected Saturday to determination the launch.

For unit launches, SpaceX requires bully upwind each the mode up the Eastern Seaboard and crossed the North Atlantic to Ireland, successful lawsuit thing goes incorrect and the capsule has to marque an exigency splashdown.

Calmer conditions are expected Wednesday. The 1 German and 3 U.S. astronauts volition stay astatine Kennedy until then.

This volition beryllium SpaceX’s 4th astronaut formation for NASA successful 1 1/2 years and the company’s 5th rider formation overall. Last month, SpaceX launched its archetypal backstage flight, sending a billionaire and his 3 guests into orbit.