**The weather wasn't cooperating -- launch has been postponed until Saturday afternoon. ***

Today, two NASA astronauts will launch into space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon on the way to the International Space Station. Weather permitting, the launch is scheduled for 3:33 p.m. today from from Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

According to CBS News, this will be the first launch of American astronauts from the United States since 2011. (Atlantis Shuttle) This will also be the first manned flight for the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

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