Irene Klotz
July 31, 2025

Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL— An ill-timed sea breeze pushed a cumulus cloud too close to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 31, forcing SpaceX to scrub launch of the next crew to the International Space Station (ISS) 1 min. 7 sec. before liftoff. “Bad luck on weather there,” Tremayne…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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