SpaceX, NASA astronauts make preparations for second launch attempt

Saturday, 30 May 2020 10:54

JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

Rocket company SpaceX will make a second attempt to launch Nasa astronauts into orbit on Saturday despite unfavourable weather conditions.

According to the meteorologists, there's a 50 per cent chance of thunderstorms during the day.

It comes days after the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft at Florida's Kennedy Space Center was abandoned due to bad weather.

The mission with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken is historic as it'll mark the first time the US astronauts travel to the ISS since 2011.

The lift-off is scheduled for 19:22 GMT.

More from International News

Syrian forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria

Syrian troops fighting US-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas field in the eastern Deir Zor province as allied Arab tribal forces advanced in the oil-rich area along the border with Iraq, officials and security sources said on Sunday.
EU warns of downward spiral after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

European Union leaders on Saturday warned of a "dangerous downward spiral" over US President Donald Trump's vow to implement increasing tariffs on European allies until the US is allowed to buy Greenland.
Massive fire kills 6 in Karachi, destroys shopping centre

Firefighters in Pakistan's largest city were fighting to extinguish a massive blaze on Sunday that has killed six people and reduced parts of a shopping mall to rubble in Karachi's historic downtown.
Two killed in mass Russian drone attack on Ukraine

Two people were killed and dozens more wounded in a mass Russian drone attack across Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, as US and Ukrainian negotiators hashed out a post-war plan in the latest round of peace talks.
NASA rolls giant SLS rocket to launchpad for second Artemis moon mission

NASA rolled its massive Space Launch System rocket to its launchpad in Florida on Saturday, kicking off a final phase of preparations for the agency's Artemis II mission that is poised to send four astronauts around the moon and back as soon as next month.

On Virgin Radio today

Non Stop Hits
Midnight - 6:00am

The UAE's #1 Hit Music Station with no interruptions
The Kris Fade Show
6:00am - 10:00am

Kris, Priti and Rossi host the UAE's biggest radio show. It's full of fun, laughs and it's Where The Stars Live.

Trending on Virgin Radio

If Craig David had a verse on Azizam
The legendary Craig David joins The Kris Fade Show for an unforgettable chat!
Will Smith & Martin Lawrence: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
From taking us down memory lane to a possible BAD BOYS 5 in Dubai?
Untold Dubai
It arrived: The UAE's First Mega Music Festival at Expo City Dubai!
ARN News Centre
Get the latest UAE and world news from our award winning team of journalists. The ARN News Centre is the country's most trusted source of information.