--- title: SpaceX Drone Rocket Launch: Watch Live Stream Online description: Elon Musk's SpaceX will yet again try to make aerospace history by trying to land its drone rocket in the Atlantic Ocean canonical: https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T21:57:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:19:48.816Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a 'Very Hot and Fast' Rocket og:description: SpaceX will yet again try to make aerospace history og:url: https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b29b44d5e35d55b/69889215e20a8772c7a90b84/spacex-falcon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successful landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a 'Very Hot and Fast' Rocket twitter:description: SpaceX will yet again try to make aerospace history twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b29b44d5e35d55b/69889215e20a8772c7a90b84/spacex-falcon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a 'Very Hot and Fast' Rocket by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 5, 2016 9:57 PM UTC  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landing on a platform at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, on April 9, 2016. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landing on a platform at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, on April 9, 2016.SPACEX/EPA by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 5, 2016 9:57 PM UTC Elon Musk’s [SpaceX](http://time.com/3821652/spacex-launch/) will yet again try to make aerospace history by launching and then trying to land its drone rocket in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship, _Of Course I Still Love You_, will bring a Japanese satellite into orbit and will be heading up around 1:20 a.m. EST. The landing will be more difficult than the [successful touchdown of a Falcon 9 rocket in April](http://time.com/3824325/watch-spacex-rocket-land-slow-motion/), since will have less fuel to slow down and will be moving on a “very hot and fast mission,” [Musk tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726214236368576512). Watch the launch live above starting at 1:20 a.m. EST. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a 'Very Hot and Fast' Rocket","datePublished":"2016-05-05T21:57:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:19:48.816Z","description":"Elon Musk's SpaceX will yet again try to make aerospace history by trying to land its drone rocket in the Atlantic Ocean","url":"https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b29b44d5e35d55b/69889215e20a8772c7a90b84/spacex-falcon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b29b44d5e35d55b/69889215e20a8772c7a90b84/spacex-falcon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successful landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean","caption":"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successful landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean","creditText":"SPACEX/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4320311/spacex-drone-rocket-landing-watch-live-stream-online/","name":"Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a 'Very Hot and Fast' Rocket"}}]}] ```