Photo: Charles Boyer
Earlier today, SpaceX announced that they are delaying their planned launch of Falcon 9 carrying four astronauts to orbit aboard a Crew Dragon to the International Space Station for “teams to complete pre-launch checkouts and data analysis on the vehicle.”
The mission on behalf of Axiom Space is dubbed Axiom-3 and will now launch NET on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 4:49 PM EST.
Weather
The weather tomorrow should still be good for the launch, according to the 45th Weather Squadron of the US Space Force. They are calling for only a 20% Probability of Violation (POV) tomorrow, up slightly from today’s <5% chance of a POV. That means they think there is an 80% chance that the weather will be acceptable at liftoff.
Photo: Charles Boyer
Flight Trajectory
Launch Viewing
SpaceX
A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about two hours prior to launch. The latest launch information can be found here.
NASA-TV
NASA will offer a webcast on NASA TV and also YouTube. Their broadcast starts about one hour prior to liftoff.
Spaceflight Now
Spaceflight Now will stream coverage on YouTube starting about two hours prior to launch.
In Person
Florida Media Now has an extensive guide (with maps) of the best places to watch a crewed space launch here.
