We’ve had the joys of witnessing sparkling satellite formations in the night’s sky, astonishing supermoons, and now stargazers are in for another treat tonight.
Nasa has teamed up with Elon Musk’s company - SpaceX - for a manned mission dubbed Demo-2, which will send a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule carrying two astronauts shooting up into the sky for a journey to the International Space Station.
And we can watch this historic event ourselves - the first manned mission from US soil in nine years and the first for a private firm.
Nasa and SpaceX will both be streaming the launch live HERE and HERE. The SpaceX Youtube channel will also be streaming the launch HERE.
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