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Florida, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- The historic launch of the NASA-SpaceX manned mission to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was scrubbed due to bad weather on Wednesday, with the mission rescheduled for next Saturday.It was to be the first time in the past nine years that a manned mission had gone into orbit from US soil.Heavy cloud cover and a thunderstorm in the area caused mission controllers to cancel the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule crewed by NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, about 15 minutes before liftoff, which had been scheduled for 4:33 pm from Launch Pad 39A.(Camera: ERIK LESSER)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FALCON 9 ROCKET AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, IN FLORIDA, US.
Donald Trump calls off his rally in Wilmington, north Carolina, the Republican candidate's first campaign event since his criminal trial in New York began this week, due to bad weather threatening the outdoor gathering. Thousands of supporters had gathered for the event at the airport in the North Carolina city of Wilmington when he called in 30 minutes before the scheduled start. "We want to make sure that everybody is safe above all and so they've asked us to ask people to leave the site and seek shelter," Trump says in the call broadcast over the loudspeakers. IMAGES
NASA unveils its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 space mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission scheduled for late 2024, will take a crew of four astronauts to the Moon. IMAGES
Kiambu (Kenya), Jul 10 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Daniel Irungu) Low temperatures and bad weather have been noticed on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in Kinale in Kiambu, Kenya.FOOTAGE OF THE HIGHWAY.
Cape Canaveral (US), Apr 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) NASA and the SpaceX company successfully launched the second manned commercial mission to the Space Station on Friday from Cape Canaveral (US).FOOTAGE OF THE FALCON 9 LAUNCH.