Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will become the first passengers on a SpaceX spacecraft when they take off from Florida later this evening.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is going to host the first crewed space journey from the USA since 2011, when the space shuttle programme ran by NASA was retired.
The Falcon is set for lift off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre at 4.33pm ET, which means it will be 9.33pm in the UK and as long as the skies are clear of cloud or fog, is expected to be visible in the skies above Swindon around 15 minutes later.
The weather forecast for is looking promising for visibility, with limited cloud and rain expected around that time.
