--- description: NASA wants to put viewers in the middle of the action for its rocket launch by live-streaming a 360-degree video title: Watch Live: NASA Streams First 360-Degree Rocket Launch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: NASA Broadcasts the First 360-Degree Livestream of a Rocket Launch  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2017 12:51 AM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2017 12:51 AM CUT NASA wants to put viewers in the middle of the action for its rocket launch Tuesday in a way that’s never been done before: by [live-streaming a 360-degree video](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/watch-world-s-first-live-360-degree-video-of-rocket-launch-april-18 "undefined"). Viewers can watch an Atlas V [rocket lift off](http://time.com/4483844/nasa-launch-asteroid-mission/ "undefined") on a supply mission to the International Space Station from the vantage point of the launch pad. If you have a virtual reality device, you can use it to feel as if you’re actually at Cape Canaveral in Florida for the launch. An Orbital ATK spacecraft will launch the United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket loaded with over 7,600 pounds of cargo and supplies for the ISS, [according to NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/mission%5Fpages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html "undefined"). The 30-minute flight window begins at 11:11 a.m. EDT. NASA, rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK partnered to create the video stream with four fisheye lenses around the edges of the launch pad, [ABC reports](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/nasa-providing-1st-live-360-degree-view-rocket-46846748 "undefined"). ULA has already released two 360-degree videos of launches after they took place. You can watch the livestream above starting at 11 a.m. EDT. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4743766/nasa-first-360-degree-rocket-launch-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4743766/nasa-first-360-degree-rocket-launch-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: NASA Broadcasts the First 360-Degree Livestream of a Rocket Launch","datePublished":"2017-04-18T00:51:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:27:37.083Z","description":"The unmanned rocket is heading to the International Space Station","url":"https://time.com/4743766/nasa-first-360-degree-rocket-launch-watch-online/","keywords":["Space","NASA","video","international space station","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"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/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4743766/nasa-first-360-degree-rocket-launch-watch-online/","name":"Watch Live: NASA Broadcasts the First 360-Degree Livestream of a Rocket Launch"}}]}] ```