How To Watch The NASA SpaceX Launch This Afternoon

First U.S. Manned Spaceflight Since 2011

SpaceX is on schedule to launch their Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station this afternoon.  The launch window opens at 3:30 Central time at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  If the launch takes place, it will be the first private, commercially-built, manned spaceflight since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.  Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be behind the controls of the Dragon spacecraft.

Here is where and how you can watch the launch today.  All times are Central time.

• NASA is starting a live-stream of the pre-launch procedures starting at 11:15 this morning
• The Discovery Channel and the Science Channel are teaming up for live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m.  “Mythbusters” Adam Savage will host the program.
• ABC News and National Geographic will present a two-hour live-stream and live TV event starting at 2:00 p.m.   They will also cover the Dragon spacecraft docking with the International Space Station on Thursday.
• Fox News, CNN and MSNBC will break into their regular programming to cover the launch.

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  Elon Musk tweeted this photo from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday evening.his morning.