SpaceX's launch stream is live...

[backscatter712]

We're about 20 min from launch - time to tune in!

[efhmc]

1. Thanks. Hope they do it safely today.

[Baclava]

2. T minus 20 minutes, looking good! Its a go. Live on Youtube TV, NASA stream

[backscatter712]

3. T-minus 17 minutes.

Fueling the Falcon 9 now - we're seeing the mist clouds that are the signature of cryogenic propellant.

[backscatter712]

4. It's getting real! T-minus 9 minutes!

[a kennedy]

5. Showed the beach.....HARDLY NO ONE WEARING MASKS....AND SOOOOOOOOO CLOSE

Together.

[cayugafalls]

6. I watched so many launches in Florida back in the day. T-minus 7

I'm feeling that same nervousness and excitement.

[backscatter712]

7. T-minus 6 minutes!

[Baclava]

8. T minus 3 minutes, go for launch. Light that candle!

[backscatter712]

9. T-minus 1 minute.

[backscatter712]

10. LIFTOFF!!!

[ProudDemForever]

29. Watched Liftoff in 1961

on the beach at the Cape (Alan Sheppard) and today's using my own PC at home. Was working as a Jr. Mathematician for RCA at the time. My how times have changed!

Anyone else out there do the same?

[backscatter712]

30. I wasn't around then, but I remember watching Columbia launch for the very first time in '81.

I was a kid in a first-grade classroom at the time.

[backscatter712]

11. Made it through Max-Q...

[backscatter712]

12. MECO and 1st stage separation!

[backscatter712]

13. Second stage ignition, the first stage is boosting back for its landing.

[backscatter712]

14. Dragon's on nominal trajectory, first stage on course for its reentry burn.

[Baclava]

15. Beautiful launch! 1st stage headed back to land, cameras are great, cool view

[backscatter712]

16. Stage 1 entry burn, getting close to landing. Second stage and Dragon nominal.

[backscatter712]

17. SECO - second-stage engine cutoff, astronauts are now in orbit.

[backscatter712]

18. 1st stage landing!

[backscatter712]

19. Dragon's now getting ready to separate from the second stage.

[EllieBC]

20. My kids are loving this.

My 10 year old is blown away. My 5 year old is worried about what if they get hungry before they come home. And the 3 year old is yelling “ROCKET WOOOOOO!!!”

[backscatter712]

21. Dragon separated from the second stage!

[Baclava]

22. Rocket stage landing from space! Dragon stage seperation! Officially on its way to ISS

19 hours till docking with ISS, take a nap, lol

[walkingman]

23. Way Cool!!

[ProfessorGAC]

24. WGN Cut To It As Breaking News

Right around 10 seconds to launch, the cut from regular programming.
I watched until they hit separated orbit.
The pictures were awesome! Everything so crisp & clear!
That scene of the 2nd stage drifting away was cool.
And the first stage landing on the drone ship! Impressive.

[Hav]

25. Who is that Trump bootlicker talking right now?

Seriously, buttkissing to such an extent, I'm not sure about that.

[blogslut]

26. Doing my best to ignore the tongue bath Jim Bridenstine is giving BLOTUS.

But other than that this has been quite nice

[backscatter712]

28. Yeah, once that shitsack started blathering, I turned it off.

[Talitha]

27. It will float WNW to SSW in my sky tonight at about 10:15pm central.

And will be easy enough to see at magnitude 0.9 (Polaris is a bit brighter at mag 2). Max altitude from my location will be a fairly low 34 degrees, but if there's no gunk near the horizon it should be an easy grab. Then about 10 minutes later the ISS will drift over. Going to be a great night!