SpaceX landing live coverage: How to watch Inspiration4 splashdown on YouTube, Twitter and your phone

From liftoff to landing.

Days after four "non-astronauts" made history by launching into space, the SpaceX Inspiration4 crew is set to land Saturday night. The crew includes tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, who served as mission commander; Hayley Arceneaux, a health care worker and cancer survivor; Dr. Sian Proctor, the fourth Black female astronaut; and Chris Sembroski, a data engineer who won his seat on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket. They launched at 8:02 p.m. Sept. 15 from Kennedy Space Center.

The group's space trip is tentatively set to end with a splashdown at 7:06 p.m. EST in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida, though SpaceX did not say exactly where off the coast splashdown would be.

The crew of Inspiration4, the first private orbital space mission, spent Friday conducting medical research, talking to pediatric cancer patients via Zoom, giving a live video update on YouTube, playing the ukulele and chatting with movie star Tom Cruise ("Top Gun" and the "Mission: Impossible" movies).

The Inspiration4 mission is being paid for by Isaacman, who's promoting the flight as a massive fundraising effort for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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The goal is to raise $200 million, and Isaacman has pledged the first $100 million. Arceneaux, 29, was treated for childhood cancer at St. Jude and now works there as a physician assistant. She was chosen to represent the hospital on Inspiration4, and has served as the mission's medical officer.

Proctor, 51, a finalist to become a NASA astronaut in 2009, said the mission is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. As the fourth Black female astronaut, she said she hopes to inspire a new generation of women of color to think about "reaching for the stars" by serving as mission pilot.

Sembroski, a 42-year-old data engineer from Everett, Washington, was chosen from among people who made donations to St. Jude. He said being part of the mission has been inspirational for him and his family, and that he hopes it inspires others. 

Here's a guide on how to watch the SpaceX landing splashdown for Inspiration4 from your phone, tablet, computer, social media platform or TV.

SpaceX will stream SpaceX landing, Inspiration4 splashdown

Where: SpaceX channel on YouTube

When: 7 p.m. EST Saturday, Sept. 18

About the stream: After three days on-orbit, Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew – the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit – will return to Earth on Sept. 18, splashing down about 7:06 p.m. EST in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.

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How to watch SpaceX landing on Twitter

Before the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX hosted many Q&As with the crew on Twitter. While in space, they kept that going — the crew chatted with patients of St. Jude's and gave a live on-orbit update about their multi-day journey aboard the Dragon spacecraft Friday evening.

SpaceX will broadcast the landing livestream on Twitter as well, beginning at 7 p.m. EST Saturday. Visit twitter.com/spacex.

How to watch SpaceX landing from your phone

When and where: Full coverage of the landing, including a live webcast with live tweets and updates, kicks off about 6 p.m. Saturday at floridatoday.com/space (you can type this on your browser on your phone) and will feature in-depth coverage. Ask our space team reporter Emre Kelly questions and strike up a conversation. You also can watch coverage via the FLORIDA TODAY app, which is available in the App Store or Google Play. FLORIDA TODAY is part of the USA TODAY Network.

How to watch SpaceX landing from your tablet or computer

When and where: At 7 p.m. EST Saturday, SpaceX's website will carry the YouTube livestream, spacex.com/launches/index.html

When and where: About 6 p.m. EST Saturday, FLORIDA TODAY's space team will host live coverage at floridatoday.com/space.

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How to watch SpaceX landing from Roku, Amazon Fire

For viewers who have a Roku box or Amazon Fire TV Stick, select the YouTube app, search for the SpaceX channel and click on the Inspiration4 splashdown video. Livestreaming begins at 7 p.m. EST Saturday.

Will SpaceX landing livestream from Facebook?

No. SpaceX does not have an official Facebook page. Although there is a Facebook page for Inspiration4, the mission was not livestreamed on the social media platform. The page, which had more than 14,000 followers as of Friday night, reposted links to the launch coverage, St. Jude chat and orbit update via YouTube.

About that Netflix SpaceX launch special

On Sept. 15, Netflix livestreamed the launch as part of its docuseries, "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space Live Launch."

Camera crews from Netflix have been involved in the process from the very beginning.

"Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space" has already released four episodes tracking the crew through their training up until just days before the launch. The final episode covering the launch, mission and return to Earth will be available Sept. 30.

"Well, we've been trying to give people as in depth and accurate and behind the scenes look as possible at what it is like to get a phone call nine months ago, and then offered to go to outer space," the series director Jason Hehir told FLORIDA TODAY on Friday. "And then to prepare for that and do all the necessary steps to live out which for many of these people is a lifelong dream."

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To that extent, Hehir and his crew have been embedded with the Inspiration4 members and their families for the past three to four months.

"So the moments that you're seeing, the trust that they're giving us and the candor that they're providing us, has made for some spectacular moments," said Hehir, who also directed the Michael Jordan-Chicago Bulls docuseries "The Last Dance."

Hehir said the families have been given regular updates from SpaceX and have had a chance to speak with the crew.

Hehir is holed up in Titusville with the crew's families awaiting their return. He will have cameras following the crew from the moment the hatch is opened after splashdown until they are reunited with their families at the Kennedy Space Center.

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