SpaceX Delays Astronaut Flight Due to Rough Wind, Waves

SpaceX Delays Astronaut Flight Due to Rough Wind, Waves
From left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer of Germany, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron gather for a photo after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Oct. 26, 2021. Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away.

Four astronauts were supposed to blast off early Sunday morning on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. But while the forecast at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was near perfect, a large storm in the Northeast had the sea churning farther up the coast. The safety violation prompted managers on Saturday to move the launch.