UPDATE 3:20 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2O2O
The SpaceX launch has been delayed due to weather.
The launch was called off Wednesday afternoon with just 16 minutes to go on the countdown.
The next launch opportunity is Saturday afternoon.
ORIGINAL STORY
(ABC/WSIL) -- NASA and SpaceX are set to launch American astronauts into space from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade.
The SpaceX Demo-2 test flight will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station and is scheduled for launch at 3:33 p.m. CT Wednesday.
If all goes as planned, the Crew Dragon spacecraft, propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket, will dock at the space station just before noon on Thursday.
Weather is a concern. If the launch is delayed Wednesday, the next opportunity is Saturday afternoon.
How to watch NASA/Space X Dragon launch
The launch will air live on ABC. You can watch the special report on television or .
Beginning at 2 p.m. CT, and will air "Launch America: Mission to Space Live," a two-hour, live streaming and television event covering NASA and SpaceX’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Coverage will include interviews with scientists, NASA officials, former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and astronaut Christina Koch.
will also broadcast coverage of the launch beginning at 11:15 a.m. CT Wednesday.
