Here is the future of space travel, and in the near future, possible space tourism.
This will be the first manned launch from US soil since they abandoned their Space Shuttle program in July 2011.
"The rocket will lift-off at around 4.33pm EDT (9.33pm BST), and if it all goes to plan, it means we could see the rocket flying over the UK 15 minutes later, which will be around 9.45-9.50pm."
It should be visible for a few minutes looking south, with the rocket moving west to east.
I am hoping to get a glimpse of it tonight.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/spacex-rocket-carrying-astronauts-fly-22092659

Also watch the launch live
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Hi Mike, the link seems to say this happened yesterday.

It is tonight Fidelio, the Mirror have got the day wrong
Click on the live link and it gives you the times for tonight, just add 5hrs to get BST.

9:30pm BST.. might not happen. Thunder storms this afty.

Looking at weather.com, it has scattered thunderstorms at 4.30pm and cloudy from 4.45pm onwards, so hopefully just delay the launch for 15 minutes or so.
Fingers crossed it doesn't postpone the launch for another day because the skys are clear here.

They only have a 2 minute window to get it off.

Don't dampen my hopes snowshoes, haha!

I won't but the weather might lol

oh well mike, we'll have to wait till Saturday

Damn it
I hope we have clear skies Saturday

Just checked and NASA will now attempt the test flight to the International Space Station on Saturday at 3:22 p.m. ET.
That is such a shame. Now there will be no chance of spotting it here because it will be too light.
Ahh well!

Waiting for the breaking news Covid 19 is now in space!

Hahaha! That will never happen, they have been on strict lockdown.

Lift off tonight at 8.22pm.
Watch it live here
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

We should be able to get a glimpse in the UK about an hour after launch.

It's like the gods are against the take off.
Weather.com has scattered thunderstorms around the launch time and mostly cloudy either side of it.
https://weather.com/weather/hourbyh...b55e34c0508ee35e5bab186fb5f800fa680e6693

looks like it's a go....3:09pm

All went well.
Will not be able to see it here as it will be too low on the horizon looking southwest.
Trying to track it on https://www.heavens-above.com/ but it is down, also trying to track the ISS but that site is down as well. Must be too much traffic to their websites.

Here it is passing us just before 9pm, it was just above the sun. You can still see it high up now.

Dagnabbit, someone reminded me about that this afternoon and I still forgot to look for it! Grrr...

You can get a good view of the space station tonight Greenwood.

Rises 10° over the horizon (start time): 21:23
Approaches From (start direction): West
Highest Point This Pass: 21:25
Sets/ Goes into Earths Shadow (direction): SE
Goes into Earths Shadow: 21:30
Approximate ISS Pass Details: Daylight Pass Below the Moon.

DD, can you clarify that image? It looks like the craft is moving from left to right, but the SpaceX rocket was moving from right to left.

You are assuming it heading towards us and/or climbing, it would have finished its main vertical ascent so it would be roughly heading towards the point on the horizon where it would disappear, it is moving away from us.

Yes, I am assuming that that craft looks like it is rising and moving from the left to the right.
Confusing me here or am I being a thick? The SpaceX rocket should have been moving from the west to southwest, which is from the right to the left.

That's right, it was below West, moving South faster than it was moving East, therefore it was heading further away from us.

If it started from the West moving East faster than it was moving South it would be approaching us.

Airplanes approaching you appear to move upwards, airplanes moving away from you head downward toward the horizon otherwise they'd be off to Mars instead of maintaining altitude.

But not strictly true - if its heading away from you at greater than ninety degrees then it will still head towards the horizon..

Now stop confusing me DD. Everything will eventually head towards the horizon when moving away from you, regardless of °.

Yes, I didn't say anything like what I meant to say then I forgot what on earth I was on about. I won't bore you with it other than to say lines of perspective that pass over your head.

Haha!