First Space Flight With Humans From US for Nearly 10 Years Set for Launch

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on May 25, 2020. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

The first manned spaceflight to launch from the United States since 2011 is slated to take off on Wednesday, depending on the weather.

“We are once again launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil,” Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of NASA, told reporters at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday. “This is a big moment in time. It’s been nine years since we had this opportunity.”