U.S. delays historic astronaut launch to Sat. due to weather

The United States on Wednesday delayed a planned launch of a commercial spacecraft carrying two astronauts because of bad weather conditions, with the next attempt planned for Saturday afternoon.The decision was made about 17 minutes ahead of what would have been the first flight into orbit of NASA astronauts from American soil since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011.The Crew Dragon space capsule, developed by U.S. aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, was scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:33 p.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a 19-hour trip to the Internation…READ FULL ARTICLE