General Motors (GM) and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to develop a new lunar vehicle for NASA's Artemis program.

Back dropped by the rotating earth, U.S. Army and NASA Astronaut Col. Andrew Morgan pauses for a photo opportunity during extravehicular activity (EVA) #64 at the International Space Station’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer worksite Jan. 25, 2020. Col. Morgan and Italian Air Force and ESA astronaut Col. Luca Parmitano participated in this fourth and final EVA to complete repairs on the AMS, a state-of-the-art particle physics detector. The emblems displayed on Col. Morgan's cuff checklist are U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (top) and U.S. Space Command (bottom). (Photo by ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano)(Department of Defense)

NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy took this epic "space-selfie" during a spacewalk this at the International Space Station on July 21, 2020. (Credit: NASA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four astronauts have climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket have officially launched to the International Space Station on Sunday night. You can watch the live coverage of their journey to the International Space Station using the video player below. The launch was delayed from Saturday night to Sunday night after Elon Musk was sidelined from the event due to COVID-19. The astronauts' flashy white suits with black trim matched their rides, made by Elon Musk’s two main companies: SpaceX and Tesla. Read more here: SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Elon Musk sidelined by virus

With COVID-19 still surging, NASA continued the safety precautions put in place for SpaceX’s crew launch in May. Even the two astronauts on the first SpaceX crew flight stayed behind at Johnson Space Center in Houston. “I didn’t start breathing until about a minute after it took off,” Pence said during a stop at SpaceX Launch Control to congratulate the workers. Similar pleas for SpaceX’s first crew launch on May 30 went unheeded. The first-stage booster is expected to be recycled by SpaceX for the next crew launch.

Friday’s postponement news came after SpaceX chief Elon Musk disclosed he had gotten mixed test results for COVID-19 and was awaiting the outcome of a more definitive test. “I can assure everyone that we’re looking good for the (crew) launch and all of the critical personnel involved,” said SpaceX’s Benji Reed, senior director for human spaceflight. “So ‘Elon Musk Tests Negative for Covid’ is an equally correct title,” he tweeted. The upcoming crew flight comes just three months after the end of the test flight with Hurley and Bob Behnken, both NASA astronauts. NASA and SpaceX are especially eager to retrieve this first-stage booster; it will be used for the next crew launch.

The weather criteria that must be satisfied for a go to launch is insane, and is constantly updated. Here is the current list of criteria:WindDo not launch if the sustained wind at the 162-foot level of the launch pad exceeds 30 mph. Downrange weatherDo not launch if downrange weather indicates a violation of limits at splashdown in case of Dragon launch escape. Do not launch if downrange weather shows a high probability of violating limits at splashdown in case of Dragon launch escape. Notice that the forecast is for much more than at and near the launch pad itself.

SpaceX and NASA are preparing to launch astronauts into orbit Wednesday afternoon. If SpaceX does not launch during Wednesdays split-second window, the next try would be Saturday. Weather-permitting, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to ride SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on a test flight. It will be the nations first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade. Watch live coverage here:NASA plans coverage of the SpaceX Demo-2 launch to the International Space Station to begin at 12:15 p.m.At 7:30 p.m., NASA/SpaceX will hold a Demo-2 post-launch news conference with Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

SpaceX and NASA are preparing to launch astronauts into orbit Wednesday afternoon. If SpaceX does not launch during Wednesdays split-second window, the next try would be Saturday. Weather-permitting, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to ride SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on a test flight. It will be the nations first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade. Watch live coverage here:NASA plans coverage of the SpaceX Demo-2 launch to the International Space Station to begin at 12:15 p.m.At 7:30 p.m., NASA/SpaceX will hold a Demo-2 post-launch news conference with Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

SpaceX and NASA were preparing to launch astronauts into orbit Wednesday afternoon, but the weather had other ideas. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to ride SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on a test flight. It will be the nations first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade. NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing in 2014 to transport astronauts to the space station in a new kind of public-private partnership. Development of SpaceXs Dragon and Boeings Starliner capsules took longer than expected, however.