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Associated Press: SpaceX launch scrubbed because of bad weather

Published May 28, 2020. Updated May 28 at 1:31 am

Workers prepare the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached for tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than 17 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the danger of lightning. Liftoff was rescheduled for Saturday afternoon.