Published May 27, 2020 at 4:55 pm (Updated May 27, 2020 at 5:29 pm)
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The SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2017, carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)
An historic space mission scheduled to take off from Florida this evening has been postponed.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launch was called off because of unfavourable weather.
In a first, Nasa is using a private company, SpaceX, to carry astronauts to the International Space Station using the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.
The next possible launch is Saturday at 4.22pm Bermuda time.
Local photographers have caught images of SpaceX rockets in past missions.
But Bermuda Maritime Operations said the daytime launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida would not be seen here.
A spokesman added; “I would very much doubt it.”
Launches from Florida have prompted flurries of calls to Bermuda Maritime Operations in years gone by.
But daylight will reduce prospects of sighting the spacecraft, which will blast off on a roughly north-easterly trajectory.
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