SpaceX launch cancelled due to bad weather – as it happened

Thunder and lightning in the area may have contributed to the mission scrub which will have another opportunity on Saturday

9.47pm BST

PS: the crew will now return to pre-flight quarantine for the safety of the International Space Station and its onboard crew.

9.44pm BST

Thank you very much for following along even if that was, possibly, a record short Guardian US live blog, in the circumstances. Tricky things, rocket launches.

Do join us again on Saturday afternoon if, as expected, Nasa makes its second attempt at this mission then.