SpaceX has suffered another setback with the first manned flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft being delayed until 2018. According to NASA, the SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 will not fly until May 2018 instead of in the second quarter of 2017 as previously planned. Though no reason was given for the postponement, it's likely related to the ongoing investigation of the September 1 launchpad explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during fueling operations.
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