SpaceX launch live stream: How to watch the NASA-ISS cargo mission blast off online

By Melissa Locker

SpaceX is doing its next delivery run to the International Space Station this morning, and early birds can watch the exciting lift-off action live online.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which will be loaded up with a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toting supplies for hungry astronauts, is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday, June 29, at 5:42 a.m. EDT. You weird early risers can watch the launch live beginning at 5:15 a.m. ET on NASA TV, or via SpaceX’s website (or the embed below).

In addition to necessary supplies for the astronauts aboard the ISS, SpaceX will be carrying some weird-ass (technical term!) science projects to the stars, including a few brave new participants in Rodent Research-7 mission, a new tumor-fighting drug that may need microgravity to be safe for humans, some space algae, a whole bunch of Shewanella bacteria as part of the Micro-12 experiment, and what Space.com has dubbed a friendly floating droid ball sure to thrill BB-8 enthusiasts.

Hopefully all goes well, but if ground control loses contact with the rocket, the mice will feast on the space algae and bacteria and a new super species will undoubtedly evolve.

 

 

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