SpaceX sees the brief exercise a starting point to test spacesuit technology for future, longer missions to Mars.
The seasoned pilots have been stuck at the International Space Station since the beginning of June.
Federal weather agency says the sun produced strong solar flares beginning Wednesday, resulting in five outbursts of plasma capable of disrupting satellites in orbit and power grids here on Earth.
It will be another 21 years before America sees another total solar eclipse on this scale. The best weather is expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine, as well as New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal.
The plan called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn’t happen.
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