SpaceX was set to launch astronauts for the first time on May 27, thereby restoring NASA’s human spaceflight program. But then storm clouds rolled in.
Business Insider: SpaceX astronaut launch delayed to May 30 over weather constraints
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 20, 2020 released by Space X, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are pictured at Launch Complex 39A on May 21, 2020, as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - SpaceX's aim, when it was incorporated on March 14, 2002, was to make low-cost rockets to travel one day to Mars -- and beyond. The 11th employee hired that year turned out to be someone good: Gwynne Shotwell, who was in charge of business development, soon established herself as Musk's right-hand woman. In the space industry, the two are given the rock star privilege of only being referred to by their first names. (Photo by - / SPACEX / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SPACE X " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Ivan COURONNE: "Rocketman (and woman): Elon and Gwynne, the pair who made SpaceX"
