NASA says weather permitting, Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launch will go ahead from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and journey to the International Space Centre and pass over the UK at around 9.45-9.50pm BST tonight
The Demo-2 mission is scheduled pass over UK skies late Tuesday evening with two astronauts aboard.
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