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Watch the real launch.
Use the rocket owner's own page. If a video says SpaceX live but did not come from SpaceX, close it.
Learn the launch first
Open the launch companion. It walks you through the countdown and tells you one true thing the team did well at each step. Then come back here for the real video.
Open the launch companionFake “SpaceX live” channels
YouTube is full of channels that put “SpaceX live” in the title, add a countdown, and run stolen or simulated video. They are not the flight. They are often wrong about holds. Our Space Mission will not embed them. For a SpaceX launch, open spacex.com/webcast or the company’s own X account. For NASA, start at NASA+ or youtube.com/@NASA.
NASA+ , NASA TV, and NASA on YouTube
NASA’s own channels carry crew coverage, briefings, and many science events. Start here for Artemis, the station, and NASA science — not on a channel that only uses the name.
SpaceX webcasts
SpaceX publishes its own launch webcast. We do not embed a player and pretend it is theirs. Use the button. Their posts on X are the company’s, not ours.
ESA Web TV and multimedia
European launches and science briefings belong on ESA’s site. Juice, Ariane, and BepiColombo updates start there.
ISS live views
Public views of Earth from the station, when they are on, are carried by NASA. The camera is not always live. A dark screen can mean the station is out of range or the stream is off — not that the crew is in trouble.
How to watch with a child
- Say what you are watching: a crew, a cargo ship, a satellite, or a test.
- A hold means “wait.” Rockets wait for weather, a sticky part, or a ship nearby. Waiting is normal.
- Watch one real page. Turn other videos off so a fake countdown cannot talk over the real one.
- If something goes wrong, say what happened. Tests can fail. That is sad, and it is not a joke.
- Afterward, say one sentence: what left the ground, and whether it was supposed to come back.