360° video of rocket launch from NASA

April 15, 2017 08:37 pm | Updated 08:37 pm IST - Washington

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Osiris-Rex will travel to asteroid Bennu, collect ground samples, then haul them back to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Osiris-Rex will travel to asteroid Bennu, collect ground samples, then haul them back to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA, in coordination with commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK and launch service major United Launch Alliance (ULA), is set to broadcast the world’s first live 360° stream of a rocket launch on April 18.

The video of the cargo resupply mission lift-off to the International Space Station may be viewed on NASA Television’s YouTube channel starting 10 minutes prior to lift-off, the U.S. space agency said.

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft will launch on a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying more than 3,447 kg of science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory.

Users would need to use a mouse to scroll back and forth for a 360° view around Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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