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SpaceX flight to the ISS: How to watch Elon Musk's rocket launch live on TV and live stream today

2020-05-30T17:32:21.566Z


Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to send a private company's first manned missile to the ISS. Read here how you can watch the rocket flight live on TV and live stream today.


Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to send a private company's first manned missile to the ISS. Read here how you can watch the rocket flight live on TV and live stream today.

  • After nine year break US astronauts from the US for the first time are to ISS stand out.
  • The space company SpaceX  from Elon Musk * wants to send a manned rocket into space on Saturday - live on TV and in a live stream.
  • The first attempt was canceled on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions.

Cape Canaveral - There is hardly anything that fascinates people more than manned space travel through the stratosphere into space . This historic event should  become a reality for America and NASA after a nine-year hiatus. Worldwide the launch of the SpaceX rocket "Falcon 9" was eagerly awaited, thousands of people had gathered on the Cape Canaveral peninsula  to be part of the planned milestone in space history.

Because of the corona virus pandemic , access to the spaceport site, which normally allows visitors to watch at launch, was severely restricted. US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the US state of Florida to watch the launch live on site. Then the cancellation came, almost 17 minutes before taking off.

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US President Donald Trump (M.) before the planned launch of the SpaceX missile "Falcon 9".

© AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launch postponed: it should be the last flight test

The private space company SpaceX was founded by billionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk and has so far only transported cargo to the ISS. Per Twitter  commented NASA chief Jim Bridenstine the reason for the shift. The safety of astronauts is the top priority of NASA. In the morning there was a thunderstorm, the US hurricane center warned of a tropical storm, this message stopped the mission at the last minute. The Elon Musk rocket had to stay on the ground.

Standing down from launch today due to unfavorable weather in the flight path. Our next launch opportunity is Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 pm EDT, or 19:22 UTC

- SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 27, 2020

SpaceX start: Elon Musk's next attempt will take place on Saturday

The mission's next attempt to start is scheduled to begin next Saturday at 10:22 p.m. (German time) . Then the astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley should try again to launch to the ISS with a "Falcon 9" rocket in a "Crew Dragon" space capsule

SpaceX rocket launch: broadcast live today on free TV

You can watch the SpaceX flight to the ISS live on Free TV on Saturday: From 8:15 p.m. , the  phoenix station will show  a special program on the start of the manned maiden flight SpaceX. The show ends at 10:30 p.m.

SpaceX rocket launch today in live stream

  • The NASA  has been operating for some time its own television station and transmitted in their live stream and the start of the Demo-2 mission. 
  • The free TV broadcaster  N-TV has also announced that it will broadcast the restart on Saturday in a live stream.
  • There is also a free live stream on Phoenix.de.
  • Important: Live streams consume a large amount of data. Therefore, pay attention to a stable WiFi connection when streaming, otherwise the quota of your mobile phone contract could be used up very quickly.

SpaceX: rocket launch with us today in the live ticker

So that you don't miss anything and can follow everything, we report on the space event in the live ticker.

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The SpaceX missile "Falcon 9".

© dpa / Uncredited

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Rubric list picture: © AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

Source: merkur

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