CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts bound for the International Space Station were forced to scrub their launch with just 67 seconds left before their scheduled take-off.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Plantonov of Roscosmos, and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), were set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour on July 31 to begin NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the space station.
As the sun rose over the shores and inlets of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island, Florida, the launch was given a 90 percent chance to go on time….