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Crew dragon on launch pad.Credit-spacex
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On may 27 spacex and nasa began final preparation for the launch of their first crewed flight in nearly a decade .Since the retirement of the space shuttle america has no way of sending people to iss and they relied on russions to send astranauts to iss but that was going to change .It was a special launch for spacex as it was the first time spacex is sending crew to space on their newly developed dragon spacecraft.At nearly t-4 hour the live streaming began and the world was just waiting to witness this historic spaceflight event .The astranauts were suited up and were were transported to the launch site in tesla model x ,after arrival to the launch pad they walked through the fancy crew access arm and the support crew helped them get inside the spacecraft but a primary concern was bad weather which delayed the mission .At first weather seemed to cooperate but it shifted towards an unfavourable condition for the launch .The fuelling was in process ,everything was set for launch but weather is weather it can't be controlled by humans and hence we have to wait 2-3 days more to see that launch.
Spacex and nasa are now targeting may 30 at 3:22 p.m.EDT with backup launch opportunity on 31may at 3:00p.m.EDT.We really hope that the weather will not be a obstacle this and time we will see a smooth and flawless launch taking us one step closer towards becoming a multiplanetary species.
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