Weather Forces Delay For NASA Astronauts Returning From Space Station On SpaceX Capsule
This week’s anticipated homecoming of four astronauts from the International Space Station, which would have concluded their almost six-month mission in space, has been postponed due to bad weather at the crew’s splashdown location. The group of astronauts, including Italian Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, were slated to leave the space station on Thursday morning in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. However, due to the bad weather back on Earth, NASA was obliged to postpone the launch.
Thunderstorms are anticipated to affect the southern part of Florida on Thursday afternoon. Meteorologist Monica Garrett, the storms are anticipated to move further south tomorrow, clearing up more of Florida, but winds will be stronger in the northern Gulf Coast. Currently, NASA and SpaceX are looking into more possible undocking chances.
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