The Falcon 9 Crew Dragon launch yesterday had to be canceled because of the weather.
I watched the launch coverage for hours, and at T-17 minutes, they called it off. The weather might have been good enough ten minutes after the launch window (which was instantaneous) but not at T-0. So, NASA and SpaceX (and the world) will try again on Saturday.
This means that if you didn’t watch the coverage yesterday, you could check it out this weekend. Hopefully, we will have a successful launch at 3:22 p.m. EDT. NASA live coverage will start at 11 a.m. EDT. You can watch it here.
The important thing to remember is that today’s launch attempt was not a failure. Everything except the weather worked perfectly. And the protocol for weather monitoring was followed, so we know that we are making space travel (which is inherently risky) as safe as it can be. I enjoyed watching every minute of the event. (Although, I was a nervous wreck waiting for them to decide to abort or not. I don’t think I could work in Mission Control.)
Let’s all watch the launch on Saturday because it is special. Eventually, it might be as routine as plane travel, but not yet.