NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-12 launch to Friday
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An astronaut who grew up in South Windsor launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station Friday morning. Jack Hathaway successfully launched alongside three other crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission at 5:15 a.
Granite Staters were able to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in flight over New Hampshire early Friday morning.
Crew-12 is scheduled to lift off at 6:01 a.m. Feb. 11 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for an eight-month International Space Station mission.
Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is accustomed to getting makeovers. It got another one Wednesday with the removal of the Crew Access Arm used by astronauts to board their rides to space.
Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold and said his SpaceX rocket company will instead focus on building a city on the moon.