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For fear of lightning, SpaceX postpones its first manned flight to Saturday

After a day of suspense, the first manned flight of the American company SpaceX was postponed from Wednesday to Saturday due to the bad weather, while two NASA astronauts were already installed in the capsule at the top of the rocket which was to launch them to the International Space Station.

"Dragon, SpaceX: unfortunately, we are not going to launch today," SpaceX launch director announced to astronauts 17 minutes before the scheduled take-off time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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