SpaceX Nasa launch: How to watch rocket take off live on YouTube or your TV
Nasa will be hosting live stream, which will follow astronauts all the way to the International Space Station
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Your support makes all the difference.Nasa and SpaceX are set to make history by launching astronauts from the Kennedy Space Station, and will be streaming the entire events live.
It is the first time that astronauts have been set off from US soil since the Space Shuttle programme ended in 2011, and if SpaceX is successful it will mark the first time a private company has put humans into space.
Nasa will be streaming all of the events through its YouTube channel, which is known as Nasa TV.
Most more modern smart TVs should be able to load up the channel through built-in YouTube apps. Some platforms – from the Apple TV to the Amazon Fire TV – also have Nasa apps, where the same stream can be accessed.
The YouTube video can be found through the Nasa YouTube channel, or here:
You can also follow The Independent's live coverage here.
The launch will happen at 3.22pm local eastern time, or 8.22pm in the UK.
Nasa's coverage will begin a few hours before, around 11am local time, or 4pm in the UK.
It is expected to keep going in some form until Sunday afternoon UK time, when the astronauts will arrive at the International Space Station and the first part of the mission will come to a close.
SpaceX will also be streaming the launch live on its YouTube channel, if you would prefer to visit there. At the previous launch, the coverage was split between the two organisations, so the two streams are unlikely to be different.
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