Weather Outlook Improves for Historic SpaceX Launch of NASA Astronauts

In April 2020, the Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoing final processing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla,, in preparation for the May 27, 2020, Demo-2 launch with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—With the weather looking up, SpaceX and NASA officials vowed on May 26 to keep crew safety the top priority for the first astronaut launch to orbit from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken were set to make history on May 27, riding SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on a test flight.