Initially scheduled to liftoff Thursday morning at 6:11 a.m. ET from NASA s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency leaders confirmed Wednesday that the event is now targeted for 5:49 a.m. ET on Friday.
The delay, NASA explained in a release, is due to unfavorable weather conditions that were forecast along the flight path for Thursday.
The spacecraft is anticipated to dock at the space station at around 5:10 a.m. ET on Saturday.
At a Tuesday prelaunch news conference, U.S. Space Force s 45th Weather Squadron Launch Weather Officer Brian Cizek said that downrange weather and winds were the agency s biggest concern.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission is ‘Go’ for Launch April 22
A SpaceX Crew-2 prelaunch news conference was held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2021. Participants included, from left to right: Steve Stich, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program; Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program; Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Programs, SpaceX; Norm Knight, deputy manager, Flight Operations Directorate; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; Frank de Winne, manager, International Space Station Program, ESA; Kirt Costello, chief scientist, International Space Station Program; and Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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