NASA and SpaceX were set to launch the next crew to the International Space Station (ISS) today. However, the launch of Crew-11 was scrubbed just seconds before it was due to leave the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Well into the 80-second countdown, the mission was aborted due to weather. Just 65 seconds before launch, the four-strong crew aboard the SpaceX Dragon heard a “hold” call. It said: “Hold hold hold, we are standing down for violation of weather rules.” 

During the live stream shown by NASA, another alert was heard, saying: “Dragon SpaceX, bad luck on weather there, we just got clipped by a cumulous cloud right over the launchpad so we ended up scrubbing for weather.” 

A few minutes later, the Kennedy Space Center shared a message on X, reading: “Due to weather, NASA and SpaceX are standing down from today’s launch attempt.”

As the launch was aborted, NASA and SpaceX teams began offloading the rocket to allow the crew to disembark. 

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