SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission over lightning fears eNCA
-- the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade -- was scrubbed on Wednesday due to fears of a lightning strike.
With NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley strapped into the Crew Dragon capsule, the launchpad platform retracted and rocket fueling underway, SpaceX made the call to abort."Unfortunately, we are not going to launch today," launch director Mike Taylor said, with about 17 minutes to go until takeoff."There wasn't really a lightning storm or anything like that, but there was a concern that if we did launch it could actually trigger lightning," he added.
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