Tropical weather barrelling toward Florida could delay this weekend's planned return of the first SpaceX crew.
Today, SpaceX and Nasa cleared the Dragon crew capsule to depart the International Space Station and head home after a two-month flight.
Because Nasa test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will aim for the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico just off Florida's coast, the wind and waves must be relatively calm. It would be the first astronaut splashdown in 45 years
Managers are targeting a Sunday splashdown local time, right around the time rough weather is expected to hit Florida. The weather system was in the eastern Caribbean today and was expected to develop into a tropical storm