30-05-2020 19:18 via ocregister.com

2 astronauts climb aboard SpaceX rocket for historic flight — if weather permits

By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Despite more storms in the forecast, two NASA astronauts climbed into their capsule Saturday for a second attempt at a history-making ride into orbit aboard a rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
With the flight already delayed three days by bad weather, forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 50-50 for the 3:22 p.m. liftoff of the 270-foot Falcon 9 in what would be the first launch of astronauts int
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