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The historic first-ever 4K stream from space captured the moment a SpaceX rocket launched to rescue astronauts “stranded” aboard the International Space Station.
Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore’s eight-day mission turned into a nine-month ordeal when technical issues with their Boeing Starliner left them stuck in space until a replacement crew could take over.
With Elon Musk promising to bring Williams and Wilmore back home, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, carrying Crew-10, was launched on Friday (March 14) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In an update shared on Sunday (March 16), NASA confirmed that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked with the orbiting station at 12:04 am EDT, when the ISS was approximately 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
Another update revealed that the hatches between the space station and the spacecraft were opened at 1:35 am EDT.
The new crew – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov – safely arrived and were warmly welcomed onboard.
Sen’s livestream is accessible online, powered by the 4K camera system known as ‘SpaceTV-1,’ which is hosted aboard the ISS.
The system has previously captured remarkable events, such as the solar eclipse and the swirling clouds of Hurricane Milton.
Sen is offering the world’s first live Ultra High Definition views of Earth through three different camera angles: one with a wide-angle ‘panoramic’ lens showcasing Earth’s horizon, another directed straight down at Earth, and a third focused on the forward-facing docking port of the space station’s Harmony Module.
The cameras are capable of streaming live footage from space for over 20 hours each day, with only a few hours of downtime expected due to routine signal loss during communications with the inter-satellite link relaying the video data to Earth.
Sen has been showcasing the livestream’s capabilities in recent months, and now the stream is available to everyone worldwide, offering a unique opportunity to view Earth from above and keep up with ongoing global events.
