According to SpaceX's Twitter feed, a potentially historic rocket launch set for Thursday night looks like it'll be a go.
The company, led by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, is planning to launch a satellite into orbit. But the coolest part happens afterward.
Part of the rocket will try to land itself on a woefully tricky target: a robotic barge floating off the coast of Florida.
The attempt will try to one-up its historic Dec. 21st launch and landing of a Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground.
SpaceX hopes to launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 25 at 6:46 p.m. ET. It's pre-loaded with a commercial communications satellite, called SES-9, which the rocket will boost into geostationary orbit.
If SpaceX pulls off the feat of landing the rocket — which they don't think will go well ("a successful landing is not expected") — it could set the stage for an exciting new era of spaceflight. If it doesn't work out, we might see a pretty wild explosion.
Proving it can launch and precisely re-land a rocket at sea, then reuse it, could make access to space radically less expensive.
As of now, there's an 80% chance that the Falcon 9 rocket will launch tonight:
Weather for today's launch attempt at 80% go, though upper level winds and ground level winds remain watch items. pic.twitter.com/PM0vnDGuq3
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 25, 2016The launch was previously set for Wednesday, February 24, but it was scrubbed due to lousy weather.
If the conditions aren't right for the 90-minute launch window set for this evening, it's unclear when the next attempt will be. (Tech Insider has asked SpaceX and will update this post if we hear back.)
Watch live tonight
Bookmark this page to watch the potentially groundbreaking event live, below.
If the launch window holds for 6:46 p.m. ET, the streaming video footage should begin around 6:25 p.m. ET and last through roughly 9 p.m. ET.