William Shatner's Blue Origin space trip has been delayed until Wednesday due to high winds, the company says.
will have to wait a day because high winds in west Texas prompted spaceflight company Blue Origin to postpone the voyage.
Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the launch from the spaceport in Van Horn, Texas, will now take place at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday,"As part of today's Flight Readiness Review, the mission operations team confirmed the vehicle has met all mission requirements and astronauts began their training today," Blue Origin said."Weather is the only gating factor for the launch window."
The National Weather Service predicted strong winds for the mountains north of Van Horn through Tuesday, and aWilliam Shatner in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2016.Shatner, 90, would be the oldest person to travel to space when Blue Origin's New Shepard 4 vehicle, which includes a rocket engine and a capsule, reaches the boundary of space.
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