The private space launch company has been facing schedule delays ever since an explosion of one of its rockets September 1.
SpaceX, an Elon Musk company, plans to use a variant of its Dragon spacecraft, called Crew Dragon, to send astronauts to the International Space Station, and the first launch was originally scheduled for 2017.
The test dates for the Dragon Crew launch with astronauts aboard has now been moved to May 2018, according to flight schedule released by NASA.
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SpaceX delays NASA crew launch
13 December 2016
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NASA has confirmed a months-long delay to the planned manned space missions that will be launched aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsules, International Business Times reports.
