--- title: Watch Livestream Free Online of SpaceX Rocket Launch description: Carrying research and supplies canonical: https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-08T20:43:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:35:56.477Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Rocket Takes Off for International Space Station og:description: Carrying research and supplies og:url: https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Rocket Takes Off for International Space Station twitter:description: Carrying research and supplies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket on Drone Ship, Sends Cargo To Space Station by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 8, 2016 8:43 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 8, 2016 8:43 PM CUT SpaceX is launched yet another Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, as it continues to push forward with its reusable rocket technology. The private company’s Dragon cargo spacecraft launched at 4:43pm Friday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It is bound for the International Space Station, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. Shortly after the launch, the first stage landed itself on an autonomous drone ship floating off the Florida coast. Previous attempts to land on a ship had failed. Watch the landing above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/"},"headline":"SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket on Drone Ship, Sends Cargo To Space Station","datePublished":"2016-04-08T20:43:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:35:56.477Z","description":"The landing is another milestone for the company.","url":"https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/","keywords":["space travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space-travel/","name":"space travel"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4287368/watch-live-stream-online-free-spacex-rocket/","name":"SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket on Drone Ship, Sends Cargo To Space Station"}}]}] ```